July 4th 2022
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The second longest work stoppage in the history of Major League Baseball is over. After a 99-day lockout, MLB and the MLB Players Association reached a tentative agreement on March 10, coming to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement that will govern the...
In a first-of-its-kind case at this level, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Dolphins alleging in a proposed class action that the league and its teams have engaged in a pattern of racially...
The NFL’s longstanding failure to hire non-white candidates into key coaching and executive positions has been well-documented, but a new ESPN analysis reveals much of the same lack of progress in college football. It was merely 1979 when Willie Jeffries became the...
An Uber driver filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing the company of intentional race discrimination in violation of Title VII. The alleged discrimination is tied to customer evaluations of drivers. The complaint alleges “Uber is aware that passengers are...
Yesterday marked an eventful occasion for workers’ rights advocates in Sacramento, as California Governor Gavin Newsom moved on a number of major employment rights bills at his desk. Among other measures, Newsom signed legislation to require businesses of...
Whole Foods employees filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the company violated federal employment antidiscrimination law when it punished workers for wearing Black Lives Matter masks, apparel, and pins to work. The lawsuit alleges employees were sent home without...
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...
According to the Department of Labor (DOL), 1.5 million people filed for unemployment last week, bringing the total number of claimants since mid-March to over 44 million. While last week’s total marked a pandemic low, the New York Times notes that the figure only...
6.6 million people signed up for state unemployment benefits last week, according to Department of Labor data released this morning. As EPI notes, today’s earth-shattering number—over double last week’s record-breaking 3.3. million jobless claims—is likely...
In December, we reported that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission established a pay formula for drivers of transportation network companies like Uber, Lyft, and Juno. The formula would set a minimum pay standard of $17.22 an hour after expenses. But...
Civil unrest in France continued and even expanded this weekend, as French police arrested over a thousand protesters. A large police presence seemed better able to control the violence this weekend, the fourth weekend in a row in which the Yellow Vests (as...
The Eleventh Circuit revived a suit brought by the NAACP against the state of Alabama for its law pre-empting Birmingham’s minimum wage hike. The NAACP argued that the Alabama law intentionally discriminated against black workers, who would have benefitted...