March 21, 2024 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, Senate Democrats consider whether AI might help shorten the work week; and researchers find OpenAI’s GPT exhibits racial and gender bias when used to rank job applicants.
March 20, 2024 News & Commentary Dartmouth refuses to bargain with newly-formed players’ union; Connecticut lawmakers consider universal mandated sick time; New England union leaders call for offshore wind contractors to adopt high labor standards.
March 19, 2024 News & Commentary Volkswagen workers in Tennessee file for a union election, the Supreme Court declines to review McDonald’s no-poach agreements, and Pew publishes new polling data about union membership.
March 18, 2024 News & Commentary Lyft and Uber will stop operating in Minneapolis after the city council approved a mandatory minimum wage for rideshare drivers; President Biden looks to earn further support from organized labor through his State of the Union remarks and meetings with union leadership; the ACLU is behind surprising opposition to workers’ rights
March 8, 2024 News & Commentary UAW hits another organizing milestone; Pizza Hut workers strike; French workers threaten to strike during the Olympics.
March 7, 2024 News & Commentary Ground workers at Lufthansa Airlines set to go on a two-day strike and workers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art begin strike over failed wage negotiations.
March 7, 2024 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, fast food chains introduce AI surveillance systems to encourage “upsizing,” and tech companies defeat child cobalt miners’ forced labor case.
March 6, 2024 News & Commentary Unions end proxy fight with Starbucks; Hollywood crew member unions enter negotiations; Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to form a union
March 5, 2024 News & Commentary Corporations back away from DEI, the Poor People’s Campaign launches marches across the country, and more university workers seek to unionize.
March 4, 2024 News & Commentary Dartmouth University files a motion to stay the men’s basketball team’s unionization election scheduled for tomorrow; Kentucky’s House of Representatives will consider a bill that repeals mandatory lunch and rest breaks; Georgia’s State Senate passes a bill requiring secret-ballot elections for companies that accept state incentives