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February 23, 2022
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

On Tuesday, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team—the reigning world champions—reached a $24 million settlement with the U.S. Soccer Federation. The settlement resolves a class action the players filed in 2019 alleging violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. The legal proceedings commenced nearly six years ago, when five star players filed a […]

The Surprising Agreement Between Uber and UFCW in Canada in Legal Context

Jan 31, 2022 David Doorey

Last week, Uber Canada and UFCW-Canada made a surprise announcement that they had reached “a historic national agreement” for representation rights affecting some 100,000 Uber workers in Canada. The “Agreement” has not been made public yet, but the press releases provide some details. Under the Agreement, Uber recognizes a right of UFCW to represent drivers and […]

November 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

More than 1300 employees at Activision Blizzard have signed a petition calling for the resignation of CEO Bobby Kotick after many employees staged a walkout on Tuesday with the same demand. The employee actions come after a Wall Street Journal report alleging that Kotick knew about sexual misconduct claims for years without taking action or […]

November 7, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

In a victory for the Biden Administration, the House passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill late Friday, giving final approval to a central piece of President Biden’s domestic agenda that aims to rebuild the country’s public works system, expand access to high-speed internet service and provide funding for new climate resilience initiatives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

October 13, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

On Tuesday, former Apple employee Ashley Gjovik filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleging that certain company policies and statements from management that restrict disclosure of internal company information violate federal labor laws. At issue are several provisions in Apple’s employee handbook that allegedly bar disclosing “business information,” speaking to reporters, […]

July 21, 2021
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

Today’s headline is that Jeff Bezos visited space. Of the $5.5 million dollar expenditure, he commented the following: “[I] want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this. So seriously, for every Amazon customer out there, and every Amazon employee, thank you from the bottom of my […]

June 6, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

The tight labor market continues to produce gains for workers not seen for decades. On Saturday, The New York Times published an analysis of the shifts in bargaining power that have allowed job-seekers to demand higher wages and better work conditions—and to refuse positions with employers unwilling to provide them. According to the Times, a […]

January 18, 2021
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

For all the hand-wringing those interested in workers’ rights have done in the past few months, there is some cause for optimism: the comparatively progressive labor agenda heralded by a flipped Congress and a Democratic administration. Commenters expect a reinvigoration of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill substantially amending the NLRA, […]

November 30, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

Nike and Coca-Cola join Apple on a growing list of US companies lobbying to weaken he Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bill that would ban Chinese imports made using forced labor from the Muslim minority group. The Act would require companies to closely scrutinize their Chinese supply chains. Further, the Act seeks to ban […]

November 10, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

In anticipation of the coming Biden presidency, Edward Segal, writing for Forbes, examined Biden’s labor plan to see what he can accomplish through solely executive action and what needs congressional approval. Of the reforms listed on Biden’s plan, the ones he can accomplish solely through executive action are restoring and expanding bargaining protections for federal […]

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