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May 31, 2023
News & Commentary

Morgan Sperry

Starbucks is (yet again) violating the NLRA, Ben & Jerry's voluntarily recognizes its Scoopers union, and UPS workers prepare to strike for air conditioning and other benefits.

May 30, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

In a short, but important day for labor news, NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo has stated her view that non-competes violate section 7 rights and wildfire-preventing goat companies are fighting a sharp increase in wages for their herders. In a much-anticipated memo released today, General Counsel of the NLRB Jennifer Abruzzo outlines a novel argument for […]

May 29, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

Iowa joins a growing list of states that are relaxing back child labor laws; Los Angeles union workers join the Writers Guild of America strikers in a show of solidarity; Alaska’s Supreme Court rules that an executive order requiring employees to opt in to union membership was illegal

May 28, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

The Sixth Circuit adopts a new standard for collective action FLSA claims; a report highlights “squalid conditions” for tea pickers in Sri Lanka; Amazon shareholders reject resolutions calling for workers’ rights assessments

May 26, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

New York Times reaches an agreement with the NYT Guild; Governor Walz vetoes a ride-share workers’ protections bill; Bloomberg reports a slowdown at the DOL; workers at a Barnes & Noble, a Chicago museum, and an REI vote to unionize.

May 25, 2023
News & Commentary

Michelle Berger

New York Times reporting covers the corporate anti-union campaigns; American Airlines pilots reach a preliminary agreement on a new contract; and the WGA strike continues.

May 23, 2023
News & Commentary

Lewit Gemeda

In today’s News and Commentary, NLRB prosecutors filed a complaint against Amazon for violating federal labor laws, and resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York went on strike. A new complaint by NLRB prosecutors alleges that Amazon changed its policies around access to its warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and its policies around paid […]

May 22, 2023
News & Commentary

Peter Morgan

In this weekend’s news: the Minnesota legislature passes a labor bill offering protections for ride-share drivers, Bandcamp employees elect a union, and a gig company in San Francisco settles misclassification suits. Following the passage of an omnibus labor bill on Tuesday, the Minnesota legislature passed a bill guaranteeing ride-share drivers a minimum wage and other […]

May 22, 2023
News & Commentary

Maddie Chang

[email protected]: CNET writers push for union in light of AI concerns, and the FTC releases a policy statement on biometrics that may have implications for the use of biometrics in the workplace.

May 21, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

NLRB judge finds Starbucks manager unlawfully retaliated against lead organizer; Second Circuit skeptical that NYC just cause protections for fast food workers preempted by NLRA; NLRB GC brings case arguing college athletes protected by NLRA.

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