April 16, 2023 News & Commentary Unions at Rutgers University paused a week-long strike after reaching a framework for a new agreement; France’s Constitutional Council upheld the constitutionality of a plan to raise the retirement age; a former employee of Smoothstack Inc. filed a class action over alleged wage theft; a new research paper explained algorithmic wage discrimination by gig companies.
April 11, 2023 News & Commentary Workers in Wisconsin protest Energizer’s plans to close its Fennimore plant, Apple increases its anti-union efforts at its retail locations, and major U.S. unions saw their membership grow amid a tight labor market.
April 9, 2023 News & Commentary Barnes & Noble Education workers start a unionizing campaign; Congressional Democrats raise new concerns about last year’s Warner Bros. Discovery merger; workers at a Ford plant in Mexico reach a tentative deal; a 2019 plan to improve labor practices at cocoa farms struggles to achieve its goals
April 3, 2023 News & Commentary The UK is considering new anti-trade union legislation which may threaten workers’ right to strike; NBA and Players’ Union have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement; New York City’s largest municipal union voted to approve its contract
April 2, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB says Activision Blizzard illegally surveilled employees; Fifth Circuit rules that Elon Musk tweet violated labor law
March 30, 2023 News & Commentary Howard Schultz denied violating labor law, Florida’s anti-union bill passes the Senate, and screenwriters and journalists call for fair wages.
March 28, 2023 News & Commentary New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Chipotle settles NLRB suit.
March 26, 2023 News & Commentary Shawn Fain wins runoff election for UAW president; Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs repeal of right-to-work
March 24, 2023 News & Commentary Duke opposing unionizing grad student workers; NLRB prosecutors find merit to ULPs against Amazon; Starbucks investors weighing outside audit of company's labor practices.
March 22, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB's General Counsel issues two memos clarifying priorities and a recent Board decision, LA school workers go on strike, and Bloomberg Law reports higher pay raises from labor contracts