July 25th 2021
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New research suggests that extreme heat produces many more workplace injuries, concentrated among the poorest workers, than most official records suggest—a telling example of how, as the Times puts it, “climate change worsens inequality.” The UCLA study, led by...
In Christian Labor Ass’n v. City of Duluth, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has held that an independent union — along with three businesses and two independent workers — have standing to sue three Minnesota cities and a public...
SEIU Local 888 has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations against the city of Boston for not seeking the union's input nor bargaining over the city's COVID-19 reopening plan. The city has already faced criticism for being inflexible in...
The divide between the labor and environmental justice movements took a huge step towards closing yesterday. In a surprise announcement, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) indicated that it supported a just transition away from fossil fuels. Specifically,...
On Saturday, Politico reported that labor groups are cautioning that the American Jobs Plan, President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, which, as Maxwell noted on this blog on Thursday, includes an effort to decarbonize the economy, meaning a transition...
At least seventeen people have died and million remain without power in Texas as an “unprecedented” winter storm continues. Texas' energy grid failed mostly due to its reliance on natural gas production which could not withstand the freezing temperatures. Climate...
Over the weekend, Jeremy Brecher wrote for Common Dreams about Minneapolis janitorial workers who engaged in a one-day walkout last Thursday. The janitorial workers are part of Service Employees International Union Local 26 and are employed by a range of different...
The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, the two largest teachers unions in the country, have joined with Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund to call for ending or radically changing unannounced “active shooter drills” in...
ProPublica reported yesterday about a potential conflict of interest facing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as they seek to revise the so-called “joint-employer rule” through agency rulemaking procedures. Last week, two Democrats on the House Committee on...
Canvassers at the Fund for the Public Interest, a fundraising group affiliated with progressive organizations including the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, Sierra Club, and Planned Parenthood, have accused management of interfering with their attempt to unionize....
Yesterday the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a Los Angeles regulation that requires airline service providers at Los Angeles International Airport to enter into “labor peace agreements” with any employee organization that requests one. Petitioners...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit decision that would have applied California state laws governing overtime to workers on offshore drilling platforms. Brian Newton had sued his employer, Parker Drilling Management Services, alleging that he was...