Jon Weinberg is a student at Harvard Law School.
TechCrunch reports that two Uber executives have been arrested in France for running illegal taxi operations and concealing digital documents. The arrests appear unrelated to last week’s violent anti-Uber protests by French taxi drivers. Taxi drivers see the new lower-priced UberPOP service, akin to UberX in the United States, as unfair competition. UberPOP drivers, unlike French taxi drivers, do not need a professional license. According to Time, while UberPOP has been illegal in France since last year, Uber pays driver fines and encourages them to work. Earlier this month, The New York Times published a story on the stronger regulatory resistance to Uber in France relative to in other countries.
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April 24
NLRB seeks to compel Amazon to collectively bargain with San Francisco warehouse workers, DoorDash delivery workers and members of Los Deliveristas Unidos rally for pay transparency, and NLRB takes step to drop lawsuit against SpaceX over the firing of employees who criticized Elon Musk.
April 22
DOGE staffers eye NLRB for potential reorganization; attacks on federal workforce impact Trump-supporting areas; Utah governor acknowledges backlash to public-sector union ban
April 21
Bryan Johnson’s ULP saga before the NLRB continues; top law firms opt to appease the EEOC in its anti-DEI demands.
April 20
In today’s news and commentary, the Supreme Court rules for Cornell employees in an ERISA suit, the Sixth Circuit addresses whether the EFAA applies to a sexual harassment claim, and DOGE gains access to sensitive labor data on immigrants. On Thursday, the Supreme Court made it easier for employees to bring ERISA suits when their […]
April 18
Two major New York City unions endorse Cuomo for mayor; Committee on Education and the Workforce requests an investigation into a major healthcare union’s spending; Unions launch a national pro bono legal network for federal workers.
April 17
Utahns sign a petition supporting referendum to repeal law prohibiting public sector collective bargaining; the US District Court for the District of Columbia declines to dismiss claims filed by the AFL-CIO against several government agencies; and the DOGE faces reports that staffers of the agency accessed the NLRB’s sensitive case files.