Jacqueline Rayfield is a student at Harvard Law School.
In today’s News and Commentary, corporations and right-wing politicians take aim at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), unionized workers at the New York Times file an unfair labor practice charge, and Boeing workers vote today on a new contract proposal.
Federal judges in both the Northern and Western District of Texas have enjoined the NLRB from processing complaints by workers about employer violations of labor law. SpaceX won the first of these injunctions in July, 2024, followed by a similar decision in September. However, commentators note that the injunctions themselves are not the end goal for companies and right-wing agitators. These actors want to fully overturn 20th Century labor law and believe that they have the Supreme Court votes to do so. Both of these cases will eventually make their way to the Supreme Court.
The NewsGuild of New York, which represents New York Times Tech workers, filled a complaint with the NLRB on Tuesday. The complaint alleges that 20 union members were subjected to one-on-one interrogations with management about a potential strike.
Boeing workers vote today on a proposed contract. Ratifying the contract would bring an end to a five-week strike by machinists. To accept the contract, a simple majority of machinists must vote for the deal, which includes a 35% pay increase over four years and a $7,000 ratification bonus.
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September 16
In today’s news and commentary, the NLRB sues New York, a flight attendant sues United, and the Third Circuit considers the employment status of Uber drivers The NLRB sued New York to block a new law that would grant the state authority over private-sector labor disputes. As reported on recently by Finlay, the law, which […]
September 15
Unemployment claims rise; a federal court hands victory to government employees union; and employers fire workers over social media posts.
September 14
Workers at Boeing reject the company’s third contract proposal; NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cohen plans to sue New York over the state’s trigger bill; Air Canada flight attendants reject a tentative contract.
September 12
Zohran Mamdani calls on FIFA to end dynamic pricing for the World Cup; the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement opens a probe into Scale AI’s labor practices; and union members organize immigration defense trainings.
September 11
California rideshare deal advances; Boeing reaches tentative agreement with union; FTC scrutinizes healthcare noncompetes.
September 10
A federal judge denies a motion by the Trump Administration to dismiss a lawsuit led by the American Federation of Government Employees against President Trump for his mass layoffs of federal workers; the Supreme Court grants a stay on a federal district court order that originally barred ICE agents from questioning and detaining individuals based on their presence at a particular location, the type of work they do, their race or ethnicity, and their accent while speaking English or Spanish; and a hospital seeks to limit OSHA's ability to cite employers for failing to halt workplace violence without a specific regulation in place.