December 4, 2022 News & Commentary NLRB staff and Congressional Labor Caucus leaders advocate for more NLRB funding; NLRB motion argues that Amazon is violating a Section 10(j) injunction
December 2, 2022 News & Commentary The Senate disappoints railway workers by failing to add sick leave to Biden's imposed contract; the Senate nonetheless passes the imposed contract without sick leave; a new report details the role of state attorneys general in a just transition
December 1, 2022 News & Commentary House passes bill to impose rail labor contract; federal workers lose appeal on government-shutdown pay; NLRB says Starbucks must bargain in Seattle; Yale graduate student workers vote on unionization
November 30, 2022 News & Commentary Although progressive members of Congress express support for the rail workers, rail legislation likely to pass; Biden's nomination for Wage and Hour chief moves forward; NLRB extends comment period on proposed rulemaking.
November 29, 2022 News & Commentary President Biden and Congress seek to impose an agreement on rail workers to prevent shut-down despite the workers' rejection of the deal, and workers at Amazon's largest air hub are organizing despite facing enormous corporate opposition.
November 28, 2022 News & Commentary The migrant-labor system that built Qatar World Cup 2022, why the holidays are not so great a time for retail workers, and the TikTokers trying to make going to the office cool again
November 22, 2022 News & Commentary Starbucks shuts down first store in Seattle to unionize, while nation’s largest rail union rejects labor deal.
November 21, 2022 News & Commentary Auto workers at Rivian Automotive filed safety violation complaints against the electric vehicle manufacturer; members of New York’s first farm-worker union and supporters protested outside of Pindar Vinyards on Long Island; and temporary staffing agencies have ramped up lobbying efforts to stop a temp worker protection bill from passing in the New Jersey State Senate.
November 20, 2022 News & Commentary District judge declines to reinstate fired Amazon union organizer; Southern service workers form new union; NLRB leaders threaten furloughs absent additional funding
November 18, 2022 News & Commentary A nationwide Starbucks strike of 112 stores; Iran metal workers join the resistance; Sanders vies to take Murray's seat as HELP committee chair; and the NLRB Union challenged the General Counsel's plan to change their telework policy