December 6th 2021
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This week, Fran and Zachary have covered ongoing union organizing efforts at three Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area. Yesterday, the union petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold votes at three additional locations, in its historic push to...
The House Rules Committee unveiled yesterday the latest version of the Democrats’ tax and social spending plan that they are aiming to pass through the budget reconciliation process. The latest version of the bill, which the Biden administration considers part of...
On Monday, New York City’s largest police union filed a lawsuit seeking to permit unvaccinated police officers to continue working—in violation of the city’s recently imposed vaccine mandate. Under that mandate, all municipal workers must receive at least one...
Union leaders and the parent company of Nabisco (Mondelez International) reached a tentative agreement this week on a contract which, if agreed to by the workers, would end the five-week long strike by Nabisco workers. Nabisco workers in Portland, unionized with...
According to the Crimson, Harvard has circulated an email advising departments seeking to hire spring teaching fellows (and other student workers) to include certain language in job postings and offer letters. The Crimson reports that the email “recommends...
During my first year at Harvard Law School, a professor of mine won a prestigious academic award. The prize, he told us, was a research grant so large he didn't know what to do with it. Did we have any suggestions? At the time, the law school was paying me $11.50...
Fifteen days into the Chicago Teachers Union strike (which we have covered elsewhere), delegates for the union say they have reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The agreement includes a commitment to enforceable class size caps and a...
Oakland teachers voted to ratify their union’s tentative agreement with the school district, thus ending their strike. As reported yesterday in OnLabor, the Oakland Education Association - Oakland Unified School District contract includes an 11% raise over three...
The Louisiana legislature passed a bill expanding the state’s prison labor program. The bill already passed the State Senate, and Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to sign it into law. Incarcerated individuals who currently work in the Louisiana prison system...