Sharon Block is a Professor of Practice and the Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.
Bloomberg/BNA’s Ben Penn is reporting that the White House is considering appointing Curtis Ellis to lead the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor. Ellis, a Steve Bannon associate, has written that he believes progressives “literally” want the death of white working people and that the Obama Administration sought to “liquidate” American workers through TPP. He also called job training for unemployed workers “re-education and extermination.” As the head of ILAB, Ellis would be responsible for representing the Department of Labor in international forums. Read Penn’s full report here.
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November 13
Second Circuit hears argument on NLRB structure; California voters reject ban on forced prison labor; Supreme Court declines request to revisit Gramon preemption
November 12
NYT Tech Guild returns to work as bargaining talks continue; Bloomberg Law analyzes the future of the EEOC under Trump’s second term.
November 11
Montreal Longshoremen locked out; ALJ holds that Trader Joe’s violated labor law; Massachusetts teachers unions strike
November 10
NLRB prohibits some employer unionization threats; five thousand UC workers unionize; exit polls show continued union support for Democrats.
November 8
Stanford Graduate Workers Union authorizes a strike; Massachusetts voters reject One Fair Wage ballot initiative; UAW Labor for Palestine launches divestment campaign.
November 7
Voters nationwide approve ballot measures to raise minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time; Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts win the right to unionize; and NLRB judge rules that Amazon violated labor laws during unionization efforts at its warehouse in Alabama.