March 5, 2023 News & Commentary The fallout from DOL's child labor investigation; Department of Commerce issues childcare requirements for microchip manufacturers seeking subsidies; Starbucks reinstates New York City employee under 2021 just-cause removal law; NLRB finds Google is subcontractors' employer
March 3, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB General Counsel aims to limit employers' ability to hire temporary replacements during some lockouts; forty-four corporate Starbucks employees sign open letter urging neutrality towards unionization efforts; Senator Sanders plans vote to subpoena Starbucks CEO
March 2, 2023 News & Commentary Julie Su will replace Marty Walsh, Starbucks faces consequences for illegal acts, public pension funds eye a private equity firm’s treatment of workers, and two bills would impact workers’ rights
February 28, 2023 News & Commentary The Biden administration tackles exploitative child labor practices; Railroad reaches agreement on sick days; Supreme Court will look at CFPB funding.
February 27, 2023 News & Commentary Organizers and union leaders are drawing attention to old-school union-busting by new-economy employers, high-profile companies are employing migrant child workers, and new prospective Labor Secretary candidates are entering the conversation.
February 26, 2023 News & Commentary Uber and Lyft drivers in New York City go on strike, Hyundai divests from an Alabama factory due to child labor violations
February 24, 2023 News & Commentary Supreme Court rules high-earning professionals must be salaried to be overtime-exempt; federal judge rolls back nationwide injunction against Starbucks; OSHA fines another Amazon distribution center.
February 23, 2023 News & Commentary Seattle becomes first city in the U.S. to ban caste discrimination; Tesla union’s NLRB charge says their Twitter account has been shadow banned; NY’s state law protecting worker absences goes into effect.
February 22, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB issues a new ruling on severance agreements, HarperCollins employees return to work, Senator Sanders sends a letter to Google, and two new reports show a rise in labor activity and the benefits of a four-day workweek
February 21, 2023 News & Commentary Temple Graduate Students reach a tentative agreement and the Department of Labor clarifies the application of the FLSA and the FMLA to remote workers. After three weeks of striking, the Temple Graduate Students Union has reached a tentative agreement with the administration that would increase student stipends over the next three years, but would not […]
