Today’s News & Commentary — May 12, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission has cemented a Democratic majority among the commissioners, as the Senate confirmed Professor Alvaro Bedoya on Wednesday. The 51-50 vote, with a tiebreaker from Vice President Kamala Harris, signals a shift that will empower Chair Lina...
Today’s News & Commentary – May 11, 2022
As Bloomberg reported, the House of Representatives cleared the way for congressional staffers to unionize as lawmakers approved the resolution (H. Res. 1096) to confirm the right of staffers to unionize. Technically, the lawmakers did not vote directly on the...
A New Royalty: The Future of Compensation in the Visual Art Industry
50 years ago, world-renowned artist David Hockney sold his painting, “Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures),” for an inflation-adjusted price of $124,000. In 2018, that same painting re-sold for a record-breaking $90.3 million; unfortunately for Hockney, he...
Today’s News & Commentary—May 10, 2022
In today’s News & Commentary, Amazon terminates two union-supporting employees at JFK8; Michigan Starbucks workers receive a union election date; TIME Magazine workers threaten to strike; and Tudor's Biscuit World hit with a complaint from the NLRB. Amazon...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 9, 2022
In today's news and commentary, TikTok has a work culture problem; Amazon fires managers after historic union victory; and unions rally ahead of the 2022 election season. TikTok has a work culture problem, according to a recent exposé in the Wall Street Journal....
Federal Court Upholds New York’s Just Cause Protections for Fast Food Workers
On February 11, 2022, the Southern District Court of New York preserved just cause protections for fast food workers in Restaurant Law Center v. City of New York. This decision lands a significant blow to the norm of at-will employment and is a boon to just cause...
Weekend News & Commentary — May 8, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board found merit in several charges filed by Amazon Labor Union over Amazon’s conduct in the leadup to the Staten Island election, the New York Times reports. Those charges include that Amazon threatened to withhold benefits from...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 6, 2022
As Iman wrote earlier this week for OnLabor, the leaked Supreme Court draft decision in Dobbs earlier this week signals an all-but-certain overturning of Roe v. Wade and a constitutional abortion right, and is a workers’ rights’ issue. In response to the leaked...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 12, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission has cemented a Democratic majority among the commissioners, as the Senate confirmed Professor Alvaro Bedoya on Wednesday. The 51-50 vote, with a tiebreaker from Vice President Kamala Harris, signals a shift that will empower Chair Lina...
Today’s News & Commentary – May 11, 2022
As Bloomberg reported, the House of Representatives cleared the way for congressional staffers to unionize as lawmakers approved the resolution (H. Res. 1096) to confirm the right of staffers to unionize. Technically, the lawmakers did not vote directly on the...
A New Royalty: The Future of Compensation in the Visual Art Industry
50 years ago, world-renowned artist David Hockney sold his painting, “Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures),” for an inflation-adjusted price of $124,000. In 2018, that same painting re-sold for a record-breaking $90.3 million; unfortunately for Hockney, he...
Today’s News & Commentary—May 10, 2022
In today’s News & Commentary, Amazon terminates two union-supporting employees at JFK8; Michigan Starbucks workers receive a union election date; TIME Magazine workers threaten to strike; and Tudor's Biscuit World hit with a complaint from the NLRB. Amazon...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 9, 2022
In today's news and commentary, TikTok has a work culture problem; Amazon fires managers after historic union victory; and unions rally ahead of the 2022 election season. TikTok has a work culture problem, according to a recent exposé in the Wall Street Journal....
Federal Court Upholds New York’s Just Cause Protections for Fast Food Workers
On February 11, 2022, the Southern District Court of New York preserved just cause protections for fast food workers in Restaurant Law Center v. City of New York. This decision lands a significant blow to the norm of at-will employment and is a boon to just cause...
Weekend News & Commentary — May 8, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board found merit in several charges filed by Amazon Labor Union over Amazon’s conduct in the leadup to the Staten Island election, the New York Times reports. Those charges include that Amazon threatened to withhold benefits from...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 6, 2022
As Iman wrote earlier this week for OnLabor, the leaked Supreme Court draft decision in Dobbs earlier this week signals an all-but-certain overturning of Roe v. Wade and a constitutional abortion right, and is a workers’ rights’ issue. In response to the leaked...
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