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February 24, 2025
News & Commentary

Holden Hopkins

DOJ drops Space-X complaint; Unions and agencies respond to Musk

August 11, 2024
News & Commentary

Gilbert Placeres

UAW's federal monitor criticized for involving himself in the Union's Gaza stance; EPA staffers win scientific integrity protections; DOJ working group asks for stronger federal protections against sexual misconduct.

August 2, 2024
News & Commentary

Esther Ritchin

United Auto Workers endorse Harris; the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice launches a unionization campaign; the Amazon Labor Union holds their first leadership elections.

June 17, 2024
News & Commentary

Holden Hopkins

Chicago teachers demand green schools; Environmental attorneys start union campaign.

Workers Are an Untapped Resource for Antitrust Enforcers

Nov 6, 2023 Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan

Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan on the labor movement's potential to lead antitrust reform.

April 18, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

Thousands of nurses are set to strike this morning across the Northern California-based Sutter Health system. As California’s KCRA3 reports, the nurses have been in negotiations for a new contract for over nine months with Sutter continuing to rebuff demands for additional protective equipment, safer staffing practices, and higher wages for experienced workers. “We are […]

DOJ investigation could be a catalyst for an Overwatch League players union

Nov 3, 2021 Ethan Borrasso

On July 3rd, 2021, reports surfaced that the Department of Justice’s antitrust division was investigating the Overwatch League, a groundbreaking professional E-sports league based on Activision Blizzard’s hugely successful Overwatch game. The probe hinges on the league’s salary cap, which likely violates the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act. Traditional sports, such as the NFL and NBA, […]

August 15, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

In the midst of The New York Times’ efforts to beat back a union drive among hundreds of its technology and product staffers, management-side lawyers representing the company accidentally leaked a private strategy memo to the union seeking to represent its employees. Indeed, last week a senior partner at Proskauer Rose sent an email to […]

August 1, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

The federal eviction moratorium, which has been in place since September 2020, will expire this weekend, after the Biden administration declined to extend it and Congress failed to act before departing for summer recess. Now millions of tenants—an estimated 3.6 million tenants, according to one survey, being at least “somewhat likely” to face eviction this […]

September 29, 2019
News & Commentary

Annie Hollister

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to authorize a strike, which will likely be scheduled for mid-October. The union’s latest contract expired in June. In three months of contract negotiations, the union and the city have failed to reach an agreement on pay, benefits, staffing, and class sizes. Unions representing school security guards and custodians […]

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