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May 5, 2024
News & Commentary

Gilbert Placeres

Shawn Fain calls for general strike on May Day 2028; House Democrats call for tougher labor penalties on employers; UC graduate workers will vote on striking in response to protests crackdowns.

July 24, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

The Democratic National Committee signs a labor peace agreement with Chicago-area unions ahead of next year’s National Convention; Trucking company Yellow narrowly avoided a union strike after receiving an extension for late payments to the workers’ health and welfare fund; staff at Wisconsin brewery, Leinenkugel, walked off the job demanding wage increases; Israel’s leading labor union threatens a general strike in response to recent judicial overhaul legislation

GOP Senators Owe Judge Sung an Apology

Jan 19, 2022 Andrew Strom

In December, the Senate confirmed Jennifer Sung to a seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by a 50-49 vote along party lines. Sung had been serving as one of the three members of the Oregon Employment Relations Board, a state agency that oversees labor relations in the public sector. During her four-year tenure […]

November 3, 2021
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

Tuesday was election day in the United States, as millions of Americans across the country cast ballots to select their next mayors, city councilors, school board members, congressional representatives, or governors. Republican Glenn Youngkin will be the next governor of Virginia, winning barely over fifty percent of the vote in a tight election against Democrat […]

October 3, 2021
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

The big story this weekend comes out of Washington. The terse negotiations currently unfolding within the Democratic Party are somewhat complicated – but deeply, if indirectly, implicate unions and the labor movement – so it might be helpful to offer some guideposts at the outset. President Biden’s domestic agenda, dubbed the “Build Back Better” plan, […]

September 8, 2021
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

As the corporate funded drive to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom enters its final phase, the governor’s campaign has increasingly relied on labor unions to galvanize supporters. Indeed, unions in the Golden State have spent millions to combat what they have framed as an “anti-worker” and “anti-union” recall effort. Although a wave of support from […]

August 9, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

After a weekend of slow but steady procedural advances, the Senate is expected to pass the long-awaited compromise infrastructure bill early this week. As the New York Times explained Monday morning, the bill’s final passage may be delayed until late Monday night unless the chamber can secure unanimous consent to forego the 30 hours of […]

November 13, 2020
News & Commentary

Alexandra Butler

With the number of coronavirus cases mounting, many American workers, faced with continued uncertainty, are looking to Congress for additional assistance. Yet, as Mackenzie reported on Monday, so far, legislators have been unable to reach an agreement about what the government will provide in the form of relief. Democrats have proposed $2.4 trillion in aid, an amount that they […]

December 15, 2019
News & Commentary

Annie Hollister

Presidential candidates are planning to boycott the upcoming Democratic debate if an ongoing labor dispute at Loyola Marymount University is not resolved. Food service workers at Loyola Marymount, which is scheduled to host the debate, have been in negotiations over a new union contract since last December. The workers are represented by Unite HERE Local […]

November 26, 2019
News & Commentary

Ryan Gorman

McDonald’s has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the fast-food giant of wage theft. Employees in California originally filed suit in 2013, alleging, among other things, that the company had failed to pay overtime premiums, refused to provide employees with rest and meal periods, and failed to reimburse employees […]

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