April 11, 2024 News & Commentary Maine Legislature votes to grant farm workers minimum wage and labor rights; Apple store workers in New Jersey petition to unionize; and Wisconsin Governor vetoes legislation to rollback child labor laws.
March 27, 2024 News & Commentary University of Michigan health workers unionize, a Major League Soccer (MLS) referee lockout ends, and a Domino’s Pizza owner is sued for child labor violations.
March 26, 2024 News & Commentary Florida weakens child labor laws; Volkswagen workers will vote soon in Tennessee; SoCal hotel workers secure raises; UAW local rejects House subpoena
March 1, 2024 News & Commentary Oregon legislature raises fines for child labor law violations; FTC files complaint opposing supermarket merger to protect unionized market competition; Teamsters and Anhauser-Bush reach contract agreement; NYU and Harvard employees organize.
February 26, 2024 News & Commentary Minnesota workers approve coordinated March strikes; Kentucky, Virginia, and Arizona consider employment law changes
February 23, 2024 News & Commentary UAW and Ford avoid strike; DOL investigates child labor in slaughterhouse; baristas and students pressure Starbucks.
February 9, 2024 News & Commentary Majority of VW plant signs cards; a general strike in Argentina; DOL finds child labor law violations.
February 4, 2024 News & Commentary Ridehail drivers and union leaders sue to block Massachusetts ballot initiative that would define ridehail drivers as independent contractors; the Washington Post analyzes 2023 data on child labor; and the NLRB accuses the Washington Post of violating labor law by refusing to bargain with its employees’ union over return to office.
January 21, 2024 News & Commentary News media companies continue to cut jobs; OSHA finds that poultry-processing company is “directly to blame” for a 16-year-old’s death; and a new study finds that workplace wellness programs have no measurable benefit for the employees who participate
December 15, 2023 News & Commentary Florida considering rolling back child labor regs; Starbucks violates labor law in Salt Lake City; Eleventh Circuit raises FMLA retaliation standard creating circuit split.