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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July 9
In Today’s News and Commentary, the Supreme Court green-lights mass firings of federal workers, the Agricultural Secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers, and DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans. In an 8-1 emergency docket decision released yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court lifted an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan […]
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.
July 4
The DOL scraps a Biden-era proposed rule to end subminimum wages for disabled workers; millions will lose access to Medicaid and SNAP due to new proof of work requirements; and states step up in the noncompete policy space.
July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.