The Boston Globe reports that two Boston police unions have ratified labor deals that will cost taxpayers an estimated $34 million over a six-year period, some of which covers retroactive years. The unions represent superior detectives and superior officers. The contracts will now go to the City Council for approval and then to the mayor for his signature. Both parties seem pleased with the deal, noting that a potentially lengthy and contentious arbitration process would have cost taxpayers even more.
Reuters reports that, this Thursday and Friday, the NLRB is hearing input from unions, workers, and businesses on the board’s proposal to modernize its rules for union elections, including allowing electronic signatures and expediting pre-election hearings. Employers claim that this will allow union organizers to hold “ambush elections”. Unions and worker advocates call the employer response hyperbolic.
The Associated Press reports that work has resumed at the World Cup stadium in Itaquerao, Brazil after labor officials allowed workers to return to a part of the construction site that had been closed due to safety concerns following a worker’s death.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Teamsters in Louisville, Kentucky have overwhelmingly rejected a contract supplement with UPS for the second time. The labor negotiations have been ongoing for several months.
The New York Times reports that labor unions and corporate representatives in France have agreed on an “obligation to disconnect from remote communications tools” that would apply to several hundred thousand employees of consulting, computing and polling firms. The agreement, signed this month but not yet approved by the Labor Ministry, would require employers to verify that the 11 hours of daily “rest” time to which all workers are legally entitled is spent uninterrupted.
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July 9
In Today’s News and Commentary, the Supreme Court green-lights mass firings of federal workers, the Agricultural Secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers, and DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans. In an 8-1 emergency docket decision released yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court lifted an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan […]
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.
July 4
The DOL scraps a Biden-era proposed rule to end subminimum wages for disabled workers; millions will lose access to Medicaid and SNAP due to new proof of work requirements; and states step up in the noncompete policy space.
July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.