January 17th 2021
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The fight over California’s Prop 22 – which made permanent Uber and Lyft’s misclassification of their workers – is not over. A group of gig workers and unions, led by the SEIU, have filed suit in California seeking to overturn the initiative, saying that it...
Teachers unions have launched lawsuits across the country to secure remote learning as the pandemic rages on. Nearly all of the suit have failed, however, because courts consider the fight over school reopening to be too “political” for judicial intervention. Left...
Underscored by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) weekly unemployment claims report, the uncertainty stemming from the pandemic continues to put pressure on and upend the labor market. Last week, 898,000 people sought unemployment assistance for the first time, a...
A California Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday from Uber, Lyft, and the State of California about whether the state can recognize drivers as employees with rights to certain benefits under the state’s law AB 5. The companies were ordered to comply...
Workers at the New Yorker union have won their fight for a just cause provision. For the first time in the magazine’s 95 year history, its workers will not be at-will employees, and have a guarantee that they will only be disciplined or fired for cause. While...
The first presidential debate of the 2020 election left viewers reeling after ninety minutes of interruptions, falsehoods, and personal attacks, mostly leveled by President Trump. Commentators called the debate an “ugly melee,” an “embarrassment for the ages,” and...
As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy and payrolls around the nation, some businesses have turned to state short-time compensation to avoid coronavirus-related layoffs. By using a state’s short-time compensation scheme, a business can maintain its...
Approximately 1.1 million Americans filed for unemployment within the last week, a marked increase from the start of August. The new numbers come amidst a legislative stalemate between House Democratic lawmakers and the President over an extension of booster...
Yesterday marked one hundred years since the enactment of the Nineteenth Amendment. Chabeli Carrazana writes on the key role the labor movement played in the fight for women’s suffrage. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was a pivotal moment galvanizing working...
Uber and Lyft are in the early stages of discussions to possibly turn many of their California drivers into employees. However, rather than become employees of the companies, the drivers would likely become employees of other businesses. In considering this...
A new report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) concluded that police unions across the nation are too powerful, and their collective bargaining agreements “are an obstacle to police reform and to the regaining of public trust.” The report maintains that the...
Uber and Lyft suffered a major loss in court yesterday when a California state judge ruled that the ride-sharing behemoths must classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. California sued Uber and Lyft arguing the companies were in...