May 16th 2021
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McDonald’s workers in 15 U.S. cities are set to strike on May 19 to demand that the company pay all of its workers at least a $15 minimum wage. The strike will occur one day before McDonald’s annual shareholder meeting, and takes place amidst a purported labor...
In December New York City passed a law granting its 67,000 fast food workers “just cause” protections. The law, taking effect in July, mandates that the city’s fast food workers can no longer be fired “at will.” That New York’s fast food workers will enjoy greater...
Yesterday, President Biden reached a deal with moderate Senate Democrats to pass his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through Congress. Under the deal, centrist Democrats withdrew their proposal to reduce expanded unemployment benefits from the currently...
The fight for a $15 minimum wage continues, after the Senate parliamentarian ruled earlier this week that the wage hike provision was not consistent with the Byrd Rule and therefore could not be passed through budget reconciliation along with Senate Democrats’...
Many American workers faced a Hobson’s choice during the pandemic: either return to unsafe workplaces, or refuse to work and lose wages and unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility. To address the dilemma, the Department of Labor directed states on Thursday to begin...
The biggest story in labor – the union election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama – continues to take new twists and turns. Amazon, who has seemingly pulled out every trick in the book to stop the workers from electing the Retail, Wholesale and...
Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo, Special Counsel for Strategic Initiatives for the Communications Workers of America (CWA), to serve as the next General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Biden’s...
One consequence of the pandemic and the impact of recent efforts by racial justice movements has been an increasing focus on pay equity. This is partly due to the risk of the pandemic widening the pay equity gap for women and people of color, such as the recent...
The Biden administration is notifying states today that they may no longer require Medicaid recipients to work as a condition of enrollment in the low-income health care program. The move will help dismantle a contentious Trump-era policy that threatened coverage...
Today, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh testifies before the Senate Health Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on his nomination to become the next Secretary of Labor. Despite his reputation as a card-carrying union member, Walsh also has developed close ties with...
According to ABC News, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued more than $2.8 million in fines and 204 citations to companies in the last few months. These fines cover various COVID-19 related worker protection violations including...
Another 860,000 Americans filed for unemployment this week. The total number of filings now stands at 12.628 million, slightly down from last week's 13.385 active claims. As the Center for American Progress reports, about 12 million of the roughly 50 million...