Published September 24th, 2019 - Vail Kohnert-Yount
As the UAW strike enters its second week, General Motors announced yesterday that more than 1,200 U.S. and Canadian workers in the U.S. and Canada would be furloughed. Meanwhile, the Texas Observer reported on autoworkers from GM’s immensely profitable A... More »
Published September 20th, 2019 - Lolita DePalma
Over 80 Kickstarter project creators have signed onto a statement in support of the Kickstarter Union. As reported last week, Kickstarter fired two of its employees, Taylor Moore and Clarissa Redwine, both leaders in the unionizing movement at the company oste... More »
Published August 23rd, 2019 - Alisha Jarwala
On Thursday, Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke released a plan to strengthen unions and boost workers’ wages. O’Rourke’s plan, which he calls “A 21st Century Labor Contract,” includes extending collective bargaining rights to more public sector ... More »
Published August 18th, 2019 - Deanna Krokos
This week, Politico reported on tensions between the Trump administration and the once-supportive building trades unions, after revelations about a Labor Department proposal to push forward an industry-led “apprenticeship program” have proven controversial. Th... More »
Published August 11th, 2019 - Ryan Gorman
On Friday, the Department of Justice filed a petition asking the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to decertify the union of federal immigration judges. The petition claims that immigration judges should be considered “management officials” ineligible t... More »
Published July 23rd, 2019 - Ryan Gorman
Yesterday, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released an opinion letter concluding that the time long-haul truckers spend sleeping in the berths of their vehicles is presumptively off-duty and not compensable. The opinion reverses earlier ... More »
Published June 28th, 2019 - Alisha Jarwala
The Democratic debates kicked off this week on Wednesday and Thursday, and POLITICO reports that all of the candidates support raising the federal minimum wage to $15, except for two. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet supports raising the hourly federal minimum to... More »
Published June 27th, 2019 - Annie Hollister
The Supreme Court has declined an invitation to substantially weaken the administrative state. In a divided decision, the Court chose not to overturn Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co., which require courts to defer to administrative a... More »
Published June 14th, 2019 - Alisha Jarwala
The upcoming Supreme Court term could be “the term of ERISA,” according to Bloomberg. The justices have already agreed to hear two cases involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and could hear up to four. In Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committ... More »
Published June 9th, 2019 - Deanna Krokos
Last week, Annie reported on the Vox Media Union’s walkout following a 14-month bargaining process. After 29 final hours of negotiation, the union, represented by Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), reached a tentative agreement on Friday. The union sought t... More »
Published May 16th, 2019 - Jared Odessky
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) wrote to the National Mediation Board yesterday to accuse Delta of illegally interfering with the right of baggage handlers and flight attendants to make a free choice on unionization. Th... More »
Published April 30th, 2019 - Benjamin Sachs
As has been widely reported, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an “opinion letter” yesterday concluding that an unnamed “virtual marketplace company” does not employ the workers who make the company viable. Instead, the letter finds t... More »
September 24th, 2019