Linh is a student at Harvard Law School.
To continue Jacqueline’s coverage of the UPS Teamsters’s August 1 strike, UPS has bowed to the strike pressure and agreed to return to the bargaining table next week with 340,000 workers. “We are pleased to be back at the negotiating table next week to resolve the few remaining open issues. We are prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits,” UPS said in a statement on Wednesday. The pending strike has been estimated to be one of the costliest in the country in at least a century, topping $7 billion for a 10-day work stoppage.
Google is required to negotiate with YouTube contract staff, according to an NLRB ruling on Wednesday. Concluding that Google jointly employs a group of Texas Youtube workers, the Board ruled that Youtube and Google share the duty to bargain with Alphabet Workers Union, which was unanimous voted and certified represent these workers. Google can challenge the NLRB’s joint employer finding in federal courts, but it first must intentionally refuse to bargain to trigger a separate unfair labor practice case.
A whistleblower lawsuit by an ex-Google AI engineer moves ahead as a California state judge tentatively denied the company’s motion to dismiss the wrongful termination and whistleblower claims. Satrajit Chatterjee, previously a senior engineering manager at Google, alleges in the complaint that he was fired for threatening to report to the CEO that the company had exaggerated the ability of the company’s proprietary AI technology in an effort to defraud shareholders. Google can contest the ruling at a hearing today before the judge issues a final order.
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October 8
In today’s news and commentary, the Trump administration threatens no back pay for furloughed federal workers; the Second Circuit denies a request from the NFL for an en banc review in the Brian Flores case; and Governor Gavin Newsom signs an agreement to create a pathway for unionization for Uber and Lyft drivers.
October 7
The Supreme Court kicks off its latest term, granting and declining certiorari in several labor-related cases.
October 6
EEOC regains quorum; Second Circuit issues opinion on DEI causing hostile work environment.
October 5
In today’s news and commentary, HELP committee schedules a vote on Trump’s NLRB nominees, the 5th Circuit rejects Amazon’s request for en banc review, and TV production workers win their first union contract. After a nomination hearing on Wednesday, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee scheduled a committee vote on President Trump’s NLRB nominees […]
October 3
California legislation empowers state labor board; ChatGPT used in hostile workplace case; more lawsuits challenge ICE arrests
October 2
AFGE and AFSCME sue in response to the threat of mass firings; another preliminary injunction preventing Trump from stripping some federal workers of collective bargaining rights; and challenges to state laws banning captive audience meetings.