April 18, 2023 News & Commentary The Iowa Senate passes a child labor law allowing more minors to work; the White House announces a sweeping executive order to improve child and family care resources; and the WGA authorizes a writers' strike.
April 17, 2023 News & Commentary Ben & Jerry’s workers in Burlington, Vermont are filing for a union election; Unionized workers at the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic voted to strike on Sunday; Guild members of the Writers Guild of America will determine whether to authorize their union to call a strike if a contract cannot be reached by May 1st; Los Angeles community college instructors win healthcare in new labor agreement
April 16, 2023 News & Commentary Unions at Rutgers University paused a week-long strike after reaching a framework for a new agreement; France’s Constitutional Council upheld the constitutionality of a plan to raise the retirement age; a former employee of Smoothstack Inc. filed a class action over alleged wage theft; a new research paper explained algorithmic wage discrimination by gig companies.
April 14, 2023 News & Commentary Florida House committee approves legislation to weaken public unions; Department of Agriculture urges meat companies to examine supply chains for child labor; House subcommittee to hold hearing on California's approach to gig workers; Twitter faces new lawsuits over mass layoffs; federal agency to release proposed regulations to enforce Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; San Jose City Council strengthens wage theft policy for public contracts; Trader Joe's workers in New York City and Oakland to vote on unionization.
April 13, 2023 News & Commentary No injunction in Michigan; Rutgers strike continues; Gen Z supports unions
April 12, 2023 News & Commentary Rutgers University strike continues into its third day, RISD teamsters strike reached its ninth, and the Union of Southern Service Workers alleges discrimination by state agency in workplace inspections.
April 11, 2023 News & Commentary Workers in Wisconsin protest Energizer’s plans to close its Fennimore plant, Apple increases its anti-union efforts at its retail locations, and major U.S. unions saw their membership grow amid a tight labor market.
April 10, 2023 News & Commentary Los Angeles Unified School District workers have approved a union contract after last month's three-day strike over pay and staffing and, for the first time in the school’s 250+ year history, Rutgers University faculty and staff are on strike.
April 9, 2023 News & Commentary Barnes & Noble Education workers start a unionizing campaign; Congressional Democrats raise new concerns about last year’s Warner Bros. Discovery merger; workers at a Ford plant in Mexico reach a tentative deal; a 2019 plan to improve labor practices at cocoa farms struggles to achieve its goals
April 7, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB General Counsel calls for overturn of several precedents; and Black Tesla worker’s discrimination damages slashed by jury.
