February 28, 2024 News & Commentary A federal judge in Texas limits Covid-Era remote Congressional voting, Starbucks agreed to start talks on a collective-bargaining agreement, and a majority of Mercedes manufacturing plant workers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama sign UAW cards.
February 25, 2024 News & Commentary Starbucks challenges the constitutionality of the NLRB; Swedish economists debate Tesla’s anti-collective bargaining stance; Gina Carano claims she was fired by Disney and Lucasfilm for expressing her political views.
February 23, 2024 News & Commentary UAW and Ford avoid strike; DOL investigates child labor in slaughterhouse; baristas and students pressure Starbucks.
February 18, 2024 News & Commentary UAW plans to strike at a Kentucky Ford factory; Amazon claims that the NLRB is unconstitutional; and Starbucks shareholders push for disclosure of company’s spending on union-busting.
February 8, 2024 News & Commentary SEIU president plans to step down and judges order Starbucks to reinstate pro-union employees.
February 7, 2024 News & Commentary House passed law to address increased human trafficking; Starbucks ordered to reinstate employees illegally fired for organizing; Ninth Circuit prepares to hear challenge to Biden's $15 minimum wage for federal contractors.
February 1, 2024 News & Commentary An NLRB ALJ finds that Starbucks has once again violated labor law, and journalists across Chicago, Orlando, and Virginia are on strike.
December 15, 2023 News & Commentary Florida considering rolling back child labor regs; Starbucks violates labor law in Salt Lake City; Eleventh Circuit raises FMLA retaliation standard creating circuit split.
December 11, 2023 News & Commentary Starbucks announces its commitment to complete bargaining and ratify contracts in 2024; Microsoft agrees to union contract terms pertaining to AI use; Southwest flight attendants reject contract proposal
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