Lessons for the Railway Showdown from a Victory in Canada President Biden has called on Congress to avert a rail strike. But a similar showdown in Canada shows that it is workers, not political leaders, who call the shots.
November 20, 2022 News & Commentary District judge declines to reinstate fired Amazon union organizer; Southern service workers form new union; NLRB leaders threaten furloughs absent additional funding
November 18, 2022 News & Commentary A nationwide Starbucks strike of 112 stores; Iran metal workers join the resistance; Sanders vies to take Murray's seat as HELP committee chair; and the NLRB Union challenged the General Counsel's plan to change their telework policy
November 16, 2022 News & Commentary Whistleblowers expose employment law violations at Tesla's new Texas facility; uncertainty around fate of tentative railway deal; Starbucks shutters yet another unionized store; the implications of the midterm elections for national labor and employment policy
A Path Forward for Amazon Workers: Digital Picketing If Amazon can move its business online, then labor law requires that the union be able to move its picket line online too.
What Glacier Argues in Its Merits Brief A summary of the employer’s main arguments in the Supreme Court’s big labor case
November 4, 2022 News & Commentary Biden NLRB proposes changes to its decertification rules; Ontario education workers plan to strike in the face of legislation threatening fines of $4,000/day per worker; Illinois voters gear up for a constitutional amendment to ban right-to-work laws in the state
November 3, 2022 News & Commentary DOL finds OSHA COVID-19 enforcement lacking; Apple denies benefits to union store workers; reform movement in the UFCW; workers advocate for a just transition at COP27
October 30, 2022 News & Commentary Federal judge issues unusual order requiring Starbucks union to disclose communications with reporters; the push for unions to fund organizing and growth; and why we shouldn't buy Republican efforts to court workers
Is Joy Silk on the Menu at Starbucks? A recent ALJ decision gives the NLRB an opportunity to reconsider its remedial certification decisions.