Morgan Sperry is a student at Harvard Law School and also serves as OnLabor's Social Media Director.
In today’s News and Commentary, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and port officials negotiate, and the WGA strike continues.
Over the weekend, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) continued to push for a fair and equitable contract with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). Noting that PMA members and terminal operators made a record $510 billion during the pandemic while ILWU workers put their lives on the line to maintain service, workers across West Coast ports are pushing for a contract that passes on to them some of those unprecedented economic gains. The PMA, meanwhile, claims that the ILWU has “effectively shut down” ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland—which manage approximately 40 percent of all U.S. cargo imports from Asia—as negotiations have stalled. Echoing the talking points deployed during last year’s railway strike, the PMA has called upon the White House to intervene, citing possible economic losses in the magnitude of $500 million a day.
As the WGA strike enters its sixth week, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has reached a tentative agreement with the Directors Guild of America (DGA) “confirming that A.I. is not a person and that generative A.I. cannot replace the duties performed by members.” Notably, the WGA has also sought from the AMPTP—and thus far been denied—this same guarantee.
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June 6
In today’s news and commentary, Governor Jared Polis directs Colorado’s labor agency to share information with ICE; and the Supreme Court issues two unanimous rulings including exempting a Catholic charity from paying unemployment compensation taxes and striking down the heightened standard for plaintiffs belonging to a majority group to prove a Title VII employment discrimination […]
June 5
Nail technicians challenge California classification; oral arguments in challenge to LGBTQ hiring protections; judge blocks Job Corps shutdown.
June 4
Federal agencies violate federal court order pausing mass layoffs; Walmart terminates some jobs in Florida following Supreme Court rulings on the legal status of migrants; and LA firefighters receive a $9.5 million settlement for failure to pay firefighters during shift changes.
June 3
Federal judge blocks Trump's attack on TSA collective bargaining rights; NLRB argues that Grindr's Return-to-Office policy was union busting; International Trade Union Confederation report highlights global decline in workers' rights.
June 2
Proposed budgets for DOL and NLRB show cuts on the horizon; Oregon law requiring LPAs in cannabis dispensaries struck down.
June 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Ninth Circuit upholds a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration, a federal judge vacates parts of the EEOC’s pregnancy accommodation rules, and video game workers reach a tentative agreement with Microsoft. In a 2-1 decision issued on Friday, the Ninth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration […]