July 3, 2023 News & Commentary Los Angeles hotel staff are on strike and Texas workers are dying of heat-related causes.
July 2, 2023 News & Commentary SCOTUS strikes down Biden loan forgiveness program and allows discrimination by website designer; SAG-AFTRA extends contract negotiations
June 30, 2023 News & Commentary Two major Supreme Court rulings with significant impact on American life and work.
June 29, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB struck Starbucks settlement; ride-share companies proposed national approach to benefits; Texas passed unprecedented preemption law.
June 29, 2023 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, military AI is being repurposed for worker surveillance, new questions are raised about the impact of automated farming technology on worker safety, and in Brazil, an increase in phone theft hits gig workers especially hard.
June 27, 2023 News & Commentary Conflicts continue between union workers and the corporation over Pride at Starbucks and immigrant women seek jobs in construction in New York City.
June 26, 2023 News & Commentary Amazon delivery drivers strike after the company refuses to recognize their newly formed union; Proposed Senate legislation would limit the power of port workers’ union; Dairy workers in Maine protested Saturday calling for fair pay and better working conditions
June 25, 2023 News & Commentary The Directors Guild of America ratifies a new contract; a House Committee report accuses Temu of selling goods made with forced labor; and past evidence suggests New York City’s new delivery driver minimum wage will increase wages without increasing prices.
June 23, 2023 News & Commentary New York State Assembly passes bill to enhance penalties for wage theft; Georgetown University to pay up to $550,000 to settle wage theft allegations; Los Angeles voters to determine whether to cap hospital executive pay; ProPublica staff unionize; more than 3,000 Starbucks baristas plan to strike.
June 22, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB rules on Starbucks, AB5 survives challenge, and "pro-worker" conservatives opine on unions.
