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May 1, 2022
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

Happy May Day! Across the world, workers and unions are rallying to celebrate International Workers’ Day. Events and protests are planned throughout Europe and the rest of the world, stretching from Slovakia and the Czech Republic to France, Italy, Turkey, and the United States, commemorating the labor movement, honoring workers and their contributions to society, […]

Farmworker Overtime Benefits

Mar 14, 2022 Sara Tsai

The Current Overtime Threshold for Farmworkers On January 28, 2022, the New York Farm Laborer Wage Board made a landmark decision to lower the current 60-hour overtime threshold for farm workers to 40 hours. Workers start earning time-and-a-half pay for hours worked in excess of the OT threshold. Beginning in 2024, the threshold would decrease […]

The Aftereffects of IATSE’s Strike Authorization

Feb 3, 2022 Julia Huang

On January 29, 2022, postproduction staff at Vice Media ratified a new three-year agreement with the company by a 97% margin. These staff members are a part of Local 700, the Editors Guild of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). The union members secured 40-hour workweeks, down from 50 hours, and high pay […]

June 22, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

SEIU Local 888 has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations against the city of Boston for not seeking the union’s input nor bargaining over the city’s COVID-19 reopening plan. The city has already faced criticism for being inflexible in regards to child care needs when it recalled workers. The union claims […]

Why District Attorneys Should Take Up Wage Theft Criminalization

Feb 22, 2021 Michael Migiel-Schwartz

Studies show that employers steal billions each year from their employees, most often by failing to pay the minimum wage or overtime. Wage theft figures from the ten largest states alone reach $8 billion, a figure nearly half as large as all other forms of property theft nationwide. While wage theft is typically addressed […]

November 10, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

In anticipation of the coming Biden presidency, Edward Segal, writing for Forbes, examined Biden’s labor plan to see what he can accomplish through solely executive action and what needs congressional approval. Of the reforms listed on Biden’s plan, the ones he can accomplish solely through executive action are restoring and expanding bargaining protections for federal […]

Martinez-Cuevas: Reckoning with Labor Law’s Racist Roots

Aug 20, 2020 Marina Multhaup

The Washington Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case that could have major economic effects for our most vulnerable workers while beginning to unravel one long-standing piece of our nation’s white supremacist history. The case, Martinez-Cuevas v. Deruyter Brothers Dairy, has gone relatively uncovered by national media but speaks to the national moment that we’re […]

June 9, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Mackenzie discussed yesterday the growing number of voices and organizations criticizing police agencies and police unions and calling for the AFL-CIO to disaffiliate from them. More union voices have joined the fray. The Writers Guild of America East union published a statement yesterday calling on the AFL-CIO to disaffiliate from the International Union of Police […]

September 25, 2019
News & Commentary

Owen Senders

On Tuesday, the Department of Labor announced new rules that will require employers to pay overtime to workers making less than $35,500 per year. The rules, proposed in March, will take effect on January 1, 2020. Employers today are only required to pay overtime to workers making less than $23,600, a standard set in 2004 […]

June 6, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

In the ongoing case of Chamber of Commerce v. City of Seattle dealing with the legality of Seattle’s for-hire vehicle driver collective bargaining ordinance, the Chamber and co-plaintiffs moved for summary judgment in February, arguing that the ordinance is preempted by federal antitrust law. The City of Seattle and co-defendants then sought discovery to gather […]

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