October 27th 2021
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When I talk to union organizers, I often remind them that labor law is full of traps for the unwary, and the recent resignation of Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach Jon Gruden reminded me of one of those traps. Gruden resigned in the wake of revelations that he...
On Tuesday, former Apple employee Ashley Gjovik filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleging that certain company policies and statements from management that restrict disclosure of internal company information violate federal labor...
On September 29, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum outlining her position that student-athletes, or “Players at Academic Institutions,” are employees under the NLRA. “My intent in issuing this memo,” Abruzzo wrote, “is to help educate the...
Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations against crackdowns on immigration are protected by federal labor law, according to National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. During an online webinar yesterday hosted by Cornell, the General...
After more than a year of impasse at the bargaining table over “an assortment of pay and benefit issues,” nearly 1,500 Kellogg Company workers went on strike on Tuesday, halting production at all four of the multinational snack manufacturer’s U.S. factories,...
Today is the opening day of the Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term. And, for the first time in years, the Court’s merits docket is bereft of disputes bearing directly on the rights of workers. The absence of labor and employment cases should be the subject of...
The Joy Silk doctrine—which would raise the penalty for employers who commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a representation election, and thus provide a powerful deterrent—is poised for a comeback. The new NLRB General Counsel, Jennfier Abruzzo, has...
In a report published yesterday, researchers at the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that Massachusetts rideshare drivers could earn well below the federal and state minimum wage under a proposed state ballot initiative pushed by ride-hailing giants Uber and...
President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan promises to be one of “the most consequential piece[s] of legislation” passed in decades, especially for workers. But Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have refused to join their party...
The Nabisco strike, which began more than five weeks ago in Portland and rapidly spread across the country, appears to be coming to a close. The striking workers, according to BCTGM, the union which represents them, voted “overwhelmingly” to ratify a tentative...
Yesterday, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum urging agency field staff to seek a more expansive set of remedies in settlement agreements with employers. As noted in the Board’s press release, the...
Yesterday, Democrats on the House Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) released a completed draft for its part of Congress’s upcoming reconciliation bill. Along with other blockbuster proposals, the Committee’s $450 billion package...