January 28th 2022
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Core Amazon policies and business practices have come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the Amazon warehouse collapse in Edwardsville, Illinois that killed six workers last Friday. For one, the incident raised concerns about Amazon’s reliance on contractor labor,...
Yesterday afternoon, the NLRB’s new General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, sworn-in just a few weeks ago, released a detailed memo alluding to plans to reform labor law through transforming Board precedent. The memo identifies types of cases that would be "mandatory...
Yesterday, the Biden administration extended the federal CDC eviction moratorium which was originally set to expire this weekend. The moratorium will continue to be in place until October 3, and will cover all counties where the CDC considers the spread of Covid-19...
As restaurants across the country reportedly struggle to fill many of the grueling positions in their sweltering kitchens, conservative lawmakers have descended on the erroneous consensus that the pandemic-era enhanced unemployment insurance payments are the reason...
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...
Today, businesses and workers alike await the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) decision on whether to issue an emergency temporary standard for workplace safety during the pandemic. The decision, courtesy of a Biden executive order, comes...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released guidance aimed at protecting nursing home workers from Covid-19 exposure. Among other things, the guidance recommends the increased use of N95 respirators by nursing home workers. As Bloomberg reports,...
The Senate is set to vote on two stimulus measures this Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN reports. They will first vote on the stand-alone Paycheck Protection Program designed to provide relief to small businesses. Then, on Wednesday, Senate Republicans will try to pass a...
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...
The House Committee on Education and Labor issued a subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board for records about potential conflicts of interest, The Washington Post reports. The Committee is specifically concerned with conflicts involving William Emanuel, an...
The Department of Labor has issued a new rule reinterpreting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which Congress passed in March as part of its coronavirus stimulus measures. Their initial interpretation of the rule--which a Federal judge overruled due to...
The last week of increased unemployment benefits has ended with no agreement in Congress to extend them, CNN reports. Republicans in Congress have proposed plans that would reduce the weekly benefit from its current $600 level to between $200 and $400. Democrats...