Today’s News & Commentary — April 6, 2021
While we wait for results in Bessemer, Amazon’s labor practices continue to drive the news. Yesterday, Amazon issued an apology for their now-infamous March 24 tweet denying that Amazon workers are forced to pee in bottles because of insufficient bathroom breaks....
The Supreme Court Goes to the Big Dance
This spring, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is slated to generate nearly a billion dollars in revenue from its annual March Madness men’s basketball tournament. But only a small pinch of it (in the form of cost-of-attendance scholarships and...
Today’s News & Commentary—April 5, 2021
In keeping with a months-long trend, the past week witnessed a fresh set of revelations of past and present labor abuses by Amazon. Looking backward, the NLRB recently found that the company violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired two employees who...
The Supreme Court’s Conversion on Religious Exemptions and the Future of Employment
Employment relationships have long been a central battleground in conflicts over religious freedom. This should not come as a surprise: entering into an employment relationship necessarily entails both employers and employees ceding certain freedoms at the...
Weekend News & Commentary — April 4, 2021
On Saturday, Politico reported that labor groups are cautioning that the American Jobs Plan, President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, which, as Maxwell noted on this blog on Thursday, includes an effort to decarbonize the economy, meaning a transition...
Today’s News & Commentary—April 2, 2021
Last week, more than 714,000 people turned to state unemployment systems for relief, 63,000 more than the week prior. Despite the increase, many economists are hopeful, as current trends have been marked by an increase in hiring and a decrease in layoffs....
Today’s News & Commentary—April 1, 2021
It really, truly is infrastructure week this time. Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s $2.5 trillion economic revitalization package, proposing massive new federal investments in transportation infrastructure, broadband,...
Is the NLRB About to Become Even More Politicized?
Hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden delighted labor unions by dismissing the notoriously anti-union Peter Robb as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”). As Fred notes, Biden justified his unprecedented...
Today’s News & Commentary — April 6, 2021
While we wait for results in Bessemer, Amazon’s labor practices continue to drive the news. Yesterday, Amazon issued an apology for their now-infamous March 24 tweet denying that Amazon workers are forced to pee in bottles because of insufficient bathroom breaks....
The Supreme Court Goes to the Big Dance
This spring, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is slated to generate nearly a billion dollars in revenue from its annual March Madness men’s basketball tournament. But only a small pinch of it (in the form of cost-of-attendance scholarships and...
Today’s News & Commentary—April 5, 2021
In keeping with a months-long trend, the past week witnessed a fresh set of revelations of past and present labor abuses by Amazon. Looking backward, the NLRB recently found that the company violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired two employees who...
The Supreme Court’s Conversion on Religious Exemptions and the Future of Employment
Employment relationships have long been a central battleground in conflicts over religious freedom. This should not come as a surprise: entering into an employment relationship necessarily entails both employers and employees ceding certain freedoms at the...
Weekend News & Commentary — April 4, 2021
On Saturday, Politico reported that labor groups are cautioning that the American Jobs Plan, President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, which, as Maxwell noted on this blog on Thursday, includes an effort to decarbonize the economy, meaning a transition...
Today’s News & Commentary—April 2, 2021
Last week, more than 714,000 people turned to state unemployment systems for relief, 63,000 more than the week prior. Despite the increase, many economists are hopeful, as current trends have been marked by an increase in hiring and a decrease in layoffs....
Today’s News & Commentary—April 1, 2021
It really, truly is infrastructure week this time. Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s $2.5 trillion economic revitalization package, proposing massive new federal investments in transportation infrastructure, broadband,...
Is the NLRB About to Become Even More Politicized?
Hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden delighted labor unions by dismissing the notoriously anti-union Peter Robb as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”). As Fred notes, Biden justified his unprecedented...
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