Today’s News & Commentary—June 21, 2022
In today’s news & commentary, internal email reveals that a leader in Starbucks' union-busting campaign was terminated by the company, Federal firefighters get a pay raise, and leftist-candidate Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian Presidential election. An...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 20, 2022
In today’s news & commentary, the New York Times profiles a leading Starbucks union organizer, firings at SpaceX raise retaliation concerns, labor shortages at Amazon and construction companies present challenges nationwide, and the Uyghur Forced Labor...
Cannabis Legislation: Labor Rights and Equity
The legal cannabis industry is currently one of the fastest-growing employers in the U.S. Since 2017, the number of Americans working with cannabis has grown each year by at least 27%. In just the last year alone, the industry grew by 33% and now employs up to...
Weekend News and Commentary—June 19, 2022
In this weekend’s news and commentary, Apple workers in Maryland became the first retail employees at the tech company to unionize; the Mexican Workers’ League submitted a USMCA Rapid Response petition against VU manufacturing due to the company’s unlawful efforts...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 17, 2022
In today’s news and commentary: a Department of Labor memo on subminimum wages for workers with disabilities; a Fifth Circuit decision that that COVID-19 does not exempt employers from giving notice to employees before mass layoffs; AFL-CIO convention resolutions...
Today’s News and Commentary — June 16, 2022
US Well Services Inc., a company involved in oil production, must face a prospective class action lawsuit by former employees who were laid off due to the economic effects of Covid-19. Employees allege that the company’s failure to give at least 60 days advance...
Viking River: Understanding What the Court’s Newest Arbitration Case Does to PAGA (and How California Can Fix It)
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in Viking River Cruises Inc., v. Moriana that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempted in part California’s “Private Attorney Generals Act” (PAGA). The majority opinion by Justice Alito nonetheless hinted that the legislature...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 15, 2022
The 29th Constitutional Convention of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of labor unions in the country, kicked off on Sunday in Philadelphia and wraps up later today. The quadrennial...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 21, 2022
In today’s news & commentary, internal email reveals that a leader in Starbucks' union-busting campaign was terminated by the company, Federal firefighters get a pay raise, and leftist-candidate Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian Presidential election. An...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 20, 2022
In today’s news & commentary, the New York Times profiles a leading Starbucks union organizer, firings at SpaceX raise retaliation concerns, labor shortages at Amazon and construction companies present challenges nationwide, and the Uyghur Forced Labor...
Cannabis Legislation: Labor Rights and Equity
The legal cannabis industry is currently one of the fastest-growing employers in the U.S. Since 2017, the number of Americans working with cannabis has grown each year by at least 27%. In just the last year alone, the industry grew by 33% and now employs up to...
Weekend News and Commentary—June 19, 2022
In this weekend’s news and commentary, Apple workers in Maryland became the first retail employees at the tech company to unionize; the Mexican Workers’ League submitted a USMCA Rapid Response petition against VU manufacturing due to the company’s unlawful efforts...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 17, 2022
In today’s news and commentary: a Department of Labor memo on subminimum wages for workers with disabilities; a Fifth Circuit decision that that COVID-19 does not exempt employers from giving notice to employees before mass layoffs; AFL-CIO convention resolutions...
Today’s News and Commentary — June 16, 2022
US Well Services Inc., a company involved in oil production, must face a prospective class action lawsuit by former employees who were laid off due to the economic effects of Covid-19. Employees allege that the company’s failure to give at least 60 days advance...
Viking River: Understanding What the Court’s Newest Arbitration Case Does to PAGA (and How California Can Fix It)
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in Viking River Cruises Inc., v. Moriana that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempted in part California’s “Private Attorney Generals Act” (PAGA). The majority opinion by Justice Alito nonetheless hinted that the legislature...
Today’s News & Commentary—June 15, 2022
The 29th Constitutional Convention of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of labor unions in the country, kicked off on Sunday in Philadelphia and wraps up later today. The quadrennial...
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