March 5, 2023 News & Commentary The fallout from DOL's child labor investigation; Department of Commerce issues childcare requirements for microchip manufacturers seeking subsidies; Starbucks reinstates New York City employee under 2021 just-cause removal law; NLRB finds Google is subcontractors' employer
March 3, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB General Counsel aims to limit employers' ability to hire temporary replacements during some lockouts; forty-four corporate Starbucks employees sign open letter urging neutrality towards unionization efforts; Senator Sanders plans vote to subpoena Starbucks CEO
March 2, 2023 News & Commentary Julie Su will replace Marty Walsh, Starbucks faces consequences for illegal acts, public pension funds eye a private equity firm’s treatment of workers, and two bills would impact workers’ rights
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 19, 2023 News & Commentary DOL issues child labor fines; Starbucks ordered to stop firing organizers; Tech layoffs affect immigrants; USC graduate students unionize.
February 14, 2023 News & Commentary Starbucks violates labor laws in Philadelphia, Medieval Times workers strike, Tesla employees look to organize.
February 10, 2023 News & Commentary Starbucks violated labor law by threatening and firing Colorado store; Fifth Circuit open to religious carveout for LGBTQ Title VII protections; Ninth Circuit hearing farmworker case on California law which could expand employer liability in contracting relationships.
January 27, 2023 News & Commentary Judge rules firing of Whole Foods workers for wearing BLM masks legal; judge stands by order enforcing subpoenas against Starbucks Workers United; Fourth Circuit skeptical of UPS worker's ADA accommodation claim.
January 20, 2023 News & Commentary Union membership in the United States is at its lowest since recordkeeping began, Starbucks workers at a store in Florida might get a bargaining order, and contract negotiations between pilots and major airlines experience varying levels of success.
January 3, 2023 News & Commentary Starbucks ends the year making headlines for the wrong reasons; Trader Joe's workers in Minneapolis walk off the job; Republicans plan to attack Congressional workers' right to organize; and the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments for the important Glacier Northwest case next week.