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May 21, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

NLRB judge finds Starbucks manager unlawfully retaliated against lead organizer; Second Circuit skeptical that NYC just cause protections for fast food workers preempted by NLRA; NLRB GC brings case arguing college athletes protected by NLRA.

The Strike Zone—January 17, 2022

Jan 17, 2022 Alex Blutman

Good news has been hard to come by recently in the world of minor league baseball. Just this past week, MLB and its teams were named in another lawsuit, this one a proposed antitrust class action, arguing that the league illegally restrains and depresses the salaries of minor league players. Meanwhile, as the pandemic halted […]

December 8, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

Reuters reported yesterday that Kellogg Co. plans to hire permanent replacements for approximately 1,400 workers who have been on strike from four plants across the Midwest and Southeast since early October. Kellogg had previously threatened to replace striking workers but reiterated its threat—and announced that it had no plans to bargain further with the union—after […]

The Strike Zone—November 22, 2021

Nov 22, 2021 Alex Blutman

One need not look far to identify the toxic workplace cultures that seem to inevitably exist among professional sports organizations. On this blog, we’ve previously covered the Chicago Blackhawks’ failure to adequately handle an allegation of sexual misconduct, the NFL’s investigation into the Washington Football Team, and the widespread abuse that existed in the National […]

The Strike Zone—October 25, 2021

Oct 25, 2021 Alex Blutman

Last week, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigned after emails he had written containing racist, homophobic, and misogynistic remarks were made public. The emails emerged as part of the workplace culture investigation that the NFL had been conducting into the Washington Football Team. Shortly after Gruden’s resignation, the NFL Players Association announced that […]

September 29, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan promises to be one of “the most consequential piece[s] of legislation” passed in decades, especially for workers. But Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have refused to join their party colleagues, a standoff that threatens to curtail—or potentially derail entirely—a core component of the Biden agenda. […]

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