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April 7, 2024
News & Commentary

Gilbert Placeres

32-hour workweek has the potential to unite the working class; large unions grew their membership in 2023; fast-food is turning into higher-skilled work.

April 1, 2024
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

UAW files unfair labor charges against Mercedes-Benz, Congressional Democrats call for an extension for Employment Authorization Documents; California fast food workers’ minimum wage increases to $20 an hour today

California Fast-Food Workers Secure Big Win in Compromise Deal

Sep 18, 2023 Julio Colby

Unions and restaurant industry groups announced a deal to improve employment standards for fast-food workers in California.

October 28, 2022
News & Commentary

Julia Deng

Military contractors are accused of human trafficking, cargo ships go east to avoid labor union activity, and California fast-food industry players face complaints that they violated state election law.

November 23, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

A majority of teachers in Northbrook School District 28 in Illinois have declared their intent to form a union. District 28 is one of the few public school districts in Illinois that is not unionized, as less than 10% of teachers in the state are not members of the Illinois Federation of Teachers or the […]

July 22, 2019
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

The Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management has proposed a new rule that would enable federal workers to drop their union membership at any time after their first year. As Heather Gies explains for In These Times, “A rolling opt-out rule would mark a break from current practice, in which workers can revoke their membership […]

April 23, 2019
News & Commentary

Vail Kohnert-Yount

The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide next term whether federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees. The Court granted certiorari in three cases: Bostock v. Clayton County; Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda; and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC. Bostock and Zarda are consolidated and present the question whether Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination “because of sex” covers discrimination […]

December 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report: unemployment remains at 3.7% for the third month, and the U.S. added 155,000 nonfarm jobs. Reactions are mixed; while the report is “weaker than expected,” it is also a sign of an expansive and overall healthy economy, note commentators in the New York […]

Today’s News & Commentary — September 7, 2018

Sep 7, 2018 Jenny Braun

Jobs don’t fall prey to higher minimum wages, according to researchers at U.C. Berkeley. Completing the first comprehensive empirical study of its kind, Sylvia Allegretto, Anna Godoey, Carl Nadler, and Michael Reich analyzed the impact of incremental wage increases in six cities – Chicago, D.C., Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle. The researchers intend […]

July 17, 2018
News & Commentary

Vail Kohnert-Yount

Seven fast food chains will stop enforcing “no poaching” agreements at all of their locations nationwide after an investigation by 11 state Attorney Generals. About 80% of fast food workers are constricted by these anti-competitive clauses, which critics say is an illegal practice that drives down wages for millions of workers. Arby’s, Auntie Anne’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carl’s Jr., […]

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