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August 21, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

Navy shipbuilders union approves a 3-year contract averting a repeat strike; Los Angeles’s striking unions pause demonstrations due to Hurricane Hilary; Teamsters prepare to announce the results of the vote to ratify the UPS deal

August 6, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

OSHA fines Amazon for workplace hazards, UPS workers begin voting on tentative agreement, Alphabet Workers Union files unfair labor practice charge against Alphabet Inc., and recent reports explore the increasing relevance of automation for Hollywood’s actors and writers unions.

June 26, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

Amazon delivery drivers strike after the company refuses to recognize their newly formed union; Proposed Senate legislation would limit the power of port workers’ union; Dairy workers in Maine protested Saturday calling for fair pay and better working conditions

June 16, 2023
News & Commentary

Swap Agrawal

Amazon delivery drivers go on strike; NYC reaches agreement with city employees; cognitive dissonance in Obama's new show on work

June 4, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

Mexico taking up US’s request to investigate labor violations at Goodyear plant; Amazon fires another organizer at Bessemer warehouse; leaders of United Airlines pilots union authorize strike vote.

May 28, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

The Sixth Circuit adopts a new standard for collective action FLSA claims; a report highlights “squalid conditions” for tea pickers in Sri Lanka; Amazon shareholders reject resolutions calling for workers’ rights assessments

May 19, 2023
News & Commentary

Swap Agrawal

Minnesota Democrats pass a sweeping labor bill; SCOTUS held that the FLRA has jurisdiction over state National Guard technicians; the EEOC released new guidance regarding employer use of automated hiring tools; Handy settled a worker misclassification lawsuit for $6 million

May 5, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

ALJ finds Starbucks illegally fired five of "Memphis Seven"; Sixth Circuit hears challenge to court order reinstating Memphis Seven; Washington Governor signs worker productivity quota limits into law.

April 25, 2023
News & Commentary

Lewit Gemeda

In today’s News and Commentary, a group of Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers working for a Palmdale, California contractor become the first group of Amazon drivers to unionize, and striking Canadian federal government workers seem to be approaching a resolution with the government. Last week, 84 drivers and dispatchers at Battle Tested Strategies—an Amazon contractor—entered […]

March 24, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

Duke opposing unionizing grad student workers; NLRB prosecutors find merit to ULPs against Amazon; Starbucks investors weighing outside audit of company's labor practices.

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