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March 14, 2025
News & Commentary

Esther Ritchin

In today’s news and commentary, a judge orders federal probationary workers reinstated, AFGE and other unions sue the Department of Homeland Security, and the Postmaster General announces intentions to work with DOGE. Yesterday, a federal judge in California ordered the reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees who were fired from federal agencies last month. The […]

March 10, 2025
News & Commentary

Holden Hopkins

Iowa sets up court fight over trans anti-bias protections; Trump Administration seeks to revoke TSA union rights

February 24, 2025
News & Commentary

Holden Hopkins

DOJ drops Space-X complaint; Unions and agencies respond to Musk

February 16, 2025
News & Commentary

Otto Barenberg

Unions fight unlawful federal workforce purges; Amazon union push suffers setback in North Carolina.

February 11, 2025
News & Commentary

John Fry

CLJE releases worker-centered benefits report; Utah and South Dakota crack down on public-sector unions; AFGE grows despite federal turmoil

January 31, 2025
News & Commentary

Esther Ritchin

In today’s news and commentary, AFGE and AFSCME sue Trump for an Executive Order stripping protections from government employees, Trump fires members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Amazon shutters operations in the entirety of Quebec in response to union successes. On Wednesday, two unions representing government employees–American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and […]

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 […]

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