June 24, 2024 News & Commentary Workers across the country face extreme heat exposure with minimal government protections; Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2 reaches a tentative agreement with Con Edison narrowly avoiding a strike; the Tenth Circuit grants a continuation of a freeze on a wage increase for some federal contractors
June 14, 2024 News & Commentary The Supreme Court sides with Starbucks over the NLRB; fired SpaceX engineers sue Elon Musk for sexual harassment and retaliation; flight attendants picket in 30 cities.
April 29, 2024 News & Commentary The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees enters the final stages of negotiations for its basic agreement; the Supreme Court appears likely to side with Starbucks in 10(j) injunctions case
Can Issue Preclusion Approximate Class Arbitration? Darin Dalmat on using issue preclusion as a strategy to approximate class arbitration.
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis: The Title VII Balancing Act Dallas Estes on the Supreme Court's Title VII decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis.
When Courts Review Agency Decisions, the Legal Standard May not Matter That Much Andrew Strom on two appellate courts' recent failures to defer to NLRB decisions.
April 15, 2024 News & Commentary The Supreme Court ruled in favor of bakery delivery drivers in an exemption from mandatory arbitration case; A Teamsters Local ends its 18-month strike by accepting settlement payments and agreeing to dissolve
At the Supreme Court, Will Bad History Lead to More Forced Arbitration? Andrew Strom on the recent oral arguments in Bissonnette and the Court's bad history of interpreting the Federal Arbitration Act.
Glacier: Do Hypothetical Facts Make Hypothetical Law? Darin Dalmat on Glacier Northwest's hypothetical fact pattern, and the Court's recent eagerness to resolve imagined disputes.
January 17, 2024 News & Commentary The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alaska’s appeal on a policy to allow workers to opt-out of paying union dues, the Center for American Progress highlights ways to increase union membership, and local unions hold out on endorsing Biden’s reelection.
