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January 8, 2020
News & Commentary

Alisha Jarwala

The New York Times reports that the American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund—the largest musicians’ pension plan in the United States—is seeking to cut benefits that have already been earned by thousands of musicians to prevent the plan from running out of money. The plan covers over 50,000 people, including Broadway musicians, orchestra […]

October 30, 2019
News & Commentary

Alisha Jarwala

The NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously on Tuesday to start modifying its rules to allow college athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” ESPN reports that the NCAA formed a working group on this issue in May, after states including California began to push […]

August 14, 2019
News & Commentary

Owen Senders

The Nation reported today on working conditions for participants in the Summer Work Travel (SWT) program, which provides over 100,000 foreign college students with J-1 visas to work in the United States each summer. According to a recent investigation by the International Labor Recruitment Group, SWT participants are frequently victims wage theft, and workplace harassment […]

February 14, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

Yesterday New York City Council Members Brad Lander and Adrienne Adams introduced two bills that together would require fast-food corporations to demonstrate “just cause” for discharging employees. The legislation has a broad definition of discharge, encompassing “termination, constructive discharge, reduction in hours [of at least 15% per week], and indefinite suspension.” Just cause is defined […]

January 3, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

On Monday the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing federal government workers, filed a wage-and-hour suit against the Trump administration over the government shutdown that started on December 22. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs, two federal corrections officers, and similarly situated employees whose work is deemed “essential” were not paid […]

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