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 19, 2023 News & Commentary Ninth Circuit reinstates Uber's Equal Protection challenge to California's AB5; reduction in SNAP benefits could lead to "hunger cliff" for low-wage workers; Amazon workers start unionizing campaign at Kentucky facility; ex-Google employees ask company to honor parental leave.
February 24, 2023 News & Commentary Supreme Court rules high-earning professionals must be salaried to be overtime-exempt; federal judge rolls back nationwide injunction against Starbucks; OSHA fines another Amazon distribution center.
February 1, 2023 News & Commentary Judge rules Amazon violated labor law and HuffPost workers announce readiness to strike.
January 13, 2023 News & Commentary The NLRB orders Amazon to recognize and bargain with ALU; the California Supreme Court is ruling on the compensation of inmates awaiting trial; the EEOC signals focus on discrimination by AI in hiring decisions; striking nurses at Mount Sinai reach agreement.
January 12, 2023 News & Commentary NYC nurses return to work; NLRB rejects Amazon’s attempt to overturn union election at JFK8; Tesla fails to derail a workplace discrimination suit; CA Supreme Court is asked to way in on minimum wage for non-convicted inmates
Why Biden Must Confront Corporate Employers More Directly It's time for the "most pro-union president" to hold anti-union corporate employers accountable.
December 4, 2022 News & Commentary NLRB staff and Congressional Labor Caucus leaders advocate for more NLRB funding; NLRB motion argues that Amazon is violating a Section 10(j) injunction
November 29, 2022 News & Commentary President Biden and Congress seek to impose an agreement on rail workers to prevent shut-down despite the workers' rejection of the deal, and workers at Amazon's largest air hub are organizing despite facing enormous corporate opposition.
