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February 8, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

The long-running dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and the city’s school district (CPS) may be nearing its end. On Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Union announced a tentative deal that would resume in-person learning in a series of staggered waves over the coming month and could potentially restart pre-K and special education […]

February 7, 2021
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s attempt to delay a unionization vote in its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. Amazon, in a formal request issued last month, asked the Board to postpone the vote to further consider the company’s proposal to conduct the election in person, citing fears of fraudulent voting – despite an […]

February 1, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Despite a membership drop across the United States from pandemic job loss, unions have gained an increased share of workers compared to the nationwide job market. California offers a specific case study. California unions have been able to retain their workers during the pandemic at rates three times higher than the rest of the population. […]

January 25, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

President Biden is set to sign an executive order this morning bolstering the federal government’s “Buy American” policy. While order’s full text had not yet been released at the time of this post, CNN reported that its key provisions included increasing the minimum amount of domestic content required for a product to eligible for federal […]

January 17, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

Some 6,000 front-line workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote by mail in February and March on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, the NLRB said Friday. The NLRB rejected Amazon’s push to hold the election in-person, citing safety concerns in light of COVID-19. Ballots will be mailed […]

December 23, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

Record numbers of holiday shoppers are doing their gift buying online this year. This is placing enormous stress on warehouse workers employed by online retailers like Amazon and Target, who report unsafe conditions as they pack into indoor warehouses and struggle to meet towering orders. Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill yesterday to provide free […]

December 22, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

As vaccine rollout begins, companies and industry groups have begun aggressively lobbying states to give their workers priority after health care workers and nursing home residents. Since each state has discretion regarding who will receive the second round of vaccine, different industries have begun making their case. These include rideshare employers, food delivery services, the […]

December 18, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

Amazon employees are one step closer to unionizing for the first time. The National Labor Relations Board recently determined that the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has enough support among workers in Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse to hold an election. The size of the bargaining unit at the warehouse has been a point […]

November 29, 2020
News & Commentary

Jacob Denz

Restaurants and bars would have more latitude to pay workers the tipped minimum wage of only $2.13 per hour under a new Department of Labor regulation, Bloomberg Law reports. Under the proposed final rule, employers could pay the lower tipped minimum wage regardless of how much time an employee spends performing non-tipped duties. Under the […]

November 27, 2020
News & Commentary

Alexandra Butler

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, the holiday season threatens to increase essential workers’ risk of exposure. In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, worker advocates responded to this heightened risk with renewed calls for employee hazard pay, a practice that several companies implemented and then quickly abandoned only a few months into the […]

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