Happy Holidays!
Here at OnLabor, we believe that all workers deserve time off — so we’ll be taking some time off ourselves over the holidays, and pausing our daily News & Commentary posts for the next week.
News & Commentary will be back in the new year. In the meantime, check out some of our best content of 2018 from Professor Ben Sachs and from our Senior Contributors. Thank you all for reading OnLabor this year — 2019 has been an incredibly exciting year for the labor movement, and we can’t wait to see what 2020 has in store.
Daily News & Commentary
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May 30
Trump's tariffs temporarily reinstated after brief nationwide injunction; Louisiana Bill targets payroll deduction of union dues; Colorado Supreme Court to consider a self-defense exception to at-will employment
May 29
AFGE argues termination of collective bargaining agreement violates the union’s First Amendment rights; agricultural workers challenge card check laws; and the California Court of Appeal reaffirms San Francisco city workers’ right to strike.
May 28
A proposal to make the NLRB purely adjudicatory; a work stoppage among court-appointed lawyers in Massachusetts; portable benefits laws gain ground
May 27
a judge extends a pause on the Trump Administration’s mass-layoffs, the Fifth Circuit refuses to enforce an NLRB order, and the Texas Supreme court extends workplace discrimination suits to co-workers.
May 26
Federal court blocks mass firings at Department of Education; EPA deploys new AI tool; Chiquita fires thousands of workers.
May 25
United Airlines flight attendants reach tentative agreement; Whole Foods workers secure union certification; One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts $1.1 trillion