October 3rd 2022
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Organizing in break rooms and cafeterias has been a key strategy of the Amazon Labor Union and contributed to its successful Staten Island union election. But as the Albany facility election approaches, Amazon is enforcing a policy that prohibits employees from...
On Friday, an analysis published by the Center of Public Integrity demonstrates that the recent spike in labor organizing—which has seen thousands of workers across the country, many working in sectors that have traditionally proven virtually impervious to union...
In today’s News and Commentary: workers at SFO ended their strike and are putting a contract up to a vote, a federal magistrate approved a judgement against an Alabama employer accused of child labor, a California state agency penalized home care agencies for...
In today’s news and commentary: voting begins for what would be the first ever union within Congress; NLRB approves Amazon’s request for a hearing postponement; polls show increased support for court expansion. Yesterday, the Congressional Workers Union began...
In today’s News and Commentary: the NLRB challenges an Amazon rule, Amazon promotes a former private prison exec to run its warehouse training program, continued delays for the Equal Rights Amendment, and no rehearing on workers’ ERISA claim against Oshkosh Corp. A...
In today’s news and commentary: Workers United ULP alleges Starbucks forced out union leader barista; the largest private sector nurse strike in U.S. history continues; and updates on the potential for an impending nationwide railway strike. On Tuesday evening,...
In today's news & commentary: Starbucks continues its anti-union agenda; New York Times workers protest push to return to the office; and Minnesota nurses officially go on strike. Starbucks announced new benefits granting student loan relief tools and savings...
In this weekend’s news and commentary, the National Labor Relations Board published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to expand the number of business regarded as “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act, and a new report from the National...
Happy Labor Day Weekend! This weekend, millions of Americans will fire up the grill or head to the beach to celebrate Labor Day, though few seem to remember the origins—or purpose—of the federal holiday, which is designated to honor the achievements of organized...
President Biden’s appointees to the National Labor Relations Board have finally started overruling the disastrous anti-worker decisions issued by the Trump Board. In Tesla, Inc., the NLRB overruled a Trump-era decision and clarified that an employer must always...
In today’s News & Commentary, the National Labor Relations Board reaffirms prior precedent regarding union insignia at work; AB257 passes the California State Senate; and American University reaches labor deal with striking workers. In a 3-2 decision, the NLRB...
In this weekend’s news and commentary, workers at a Chipotle in Lansing, Michigan became the first to organize one of the chain’s 3,000 locations; U.S. Senator Bob Casey urged the Department of Labor to take action on the use of workplace surveillance technology,...