September 10, 2023 News & Commentary Senate confirms NLRB member Wilcox to second term; Governor Newsom signs reforms to state referendum process; Starbucks wins NLRB worker transfer case.
August 29, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB's limited powers let Starbucks chill union resurgence; Ed Sheeran criticized for promoting Starbucks; Teamsters demand safer conditions after heat-related death; visual effects workers file for union elections; NLRB clarifies retaliation standard.
August 15, 2023 News & Commentary Biden urges auto deal; Starbucks' civility rule struck down; Hollywood studios make new proposal to writers; invalidation of Puerto Rican employment law affirmed.
August 11, 2023 News & Commentary Sixth Circuit upholds injunction compelling rehiring of Memphis 7; recent case tests Supreme Court's new religious accommodation standard
August 10, 2023 News & Commentary Starbucks found committing ULP (again); EEOC confirmed new Democratic commissioner and settled AI discrimination lawsuit; Harris announced raise for federal construction workers.
July 21, 2023 News & Commentary The NYT chronicles how Starbucks’ anti-union effort demonstrates the failure of labor law; over 650,000 workers threaten to strike over the summer or have already done so; the Biden administration plans to indefinitely keep Su as Acting Secretary of Labor; and Grindr employees seek to unionize.
Starbucks and the Failure of Labor Law Megan Stack's article in today's NYT is an incredible piece of labor journalism that, among its other virtues, paints a devastatingly accurate picture U.S. labor law.
July 17, 2023 News & Commentary Hot labor summer is in full force as Starbucks workers, actors, screenwriters, and UPS workers are locked in labor disputes.
June 29, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB struck Starbucks settlement; ride-share companies proposed national approach to benefits; Texas passed unprecedented preemption law.
June 27, 2023 News & Commentary Conflicts continue between union workers and the corporation over Pride at Starbucks and immigrant women seek jobs in construction in New York City.
