May 16th 2022
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On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, workers across the country and around the world are taking to the picket line to voice grievances over wages, health insurance, and working conditions. Yesterday, in San Francisco, a local union announced that hundreds of...
Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the Supreme Court. You can read OnLabor's discussion of her history on workers' issues on the Seventh Circuit here. You can read OnLabor's discussion of her textualism as it relates to her Kleber decision here....
Protests, walkoffs, and general strikes occurred in over 25 cities on July 20 as part of the Strike for Black Lives, focusing on racial justice and economic inequities. The call for a general strike was led by the SEIU and involved more than 20 unions and racial...
This past Wednesday, a group of about 50 Uber drivers staged a protest outside Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s house. According to Forbes, the protesters blasted labor-friendly music and held up a banner reading, “A Thief Lives Here” in front of the $17 million...
As schools begin to adjourn for the summer, millions of people may lose eligibility for paid family leave programs created in response to the pandemic, Bloomberg reports. Under federal programs like the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), 61 million...
Construction unions, including North America’s Building Trades Unions and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, are concerned that the Trump administration may apply its apprenticeship plan to the construction industry. President Trump wants to ease the shortage of...
20,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast are on strike after the company allegedly committed unfair labor practices in bargaining (or not bargaining) a new contract. The Communications Workers of America, the union representing the workers, says that the...
With Vice President Pence staging a counterprotest and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones issuing ultimatums to his team, it is worth reiterating that disciplining NFL players for taking a knee likely is illegal. Let us count the ways. Unlike a constitutional First...
Renee Gerni is an Assistant General Counsel at the Service Employees International Union. The views expressed in this post are solely her own and should not be attributed to SEIU. This past weekend, when hundreds of thousands rallied in the People’s Climate March,...