January 26th 2021
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As tens of millions of Americans await congressional action on coronavirus relief, talks among lawmakers have hit another snag. Sticking points remain over the extent of federal aid for state and local governments and the nature of lawmakers’ proposed...
The Trump administration has finalized its rule granting broader exemptions to religious institutions under President Obama's executive order forbidding federal contractors from engaging in anti-LGBTQ discrimination. The new rule will go into effect on January 8....
Union organizers may lose the ability to reach farmworkers on their work premises. The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Cedar Point Nursery vs. Hassid to consider whether a California regulation that entitles organizers to enter agricultural...
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....
In a near party-line vote this Sunday, the Senate took its second-to-final step toward seating Amy Coney Barrett on the country's highest court, thwarting Senate Democrat's efforts to stall the highly controversial confirmation. Trump's third nominee to the Supreme...
Last week’s confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett contained all the elements you probably put on your 2020 SCOTUS hearing bingo card, if you were in to that sort of thing. The Republican senators talked a lot about Judge Barrett’s seven children. The...
The Senate is set to vote on two stimulus measures this Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN reports. They will first vote on the stand-alone Paycheck Protection Program designed to provide relief to small businesses. Then, on Wednesday, Senate Republicans will try to pass a...
Yesterday’s headlines were dominated by the ongoing confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. At Wednesday’s hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) grilled Barrett on, among other things, the Supreme Court’s controversial 2018 decision...
The media is giving so much attention to how the next Supreme Court Justice may affect the continued vitality of Roe v. Wade that voters may not fully appreciate how yet another Donald Trump appointee on the court will cement the Court’s anti-worker tilt for...
President Trump announced Saturday his intention to nominate federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Barrett likens her judicial philosophy to that of the late Antonin Scalia, a notorious labor antagonist. Indeed, the solidification of...
“The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday outlawing anti-LGBTQ employment discrimination is a triumph for both the country and the [C]ourt,” wrote Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. “It is a victory for the country because, in one fell swoop, [t]he [C]ourt granted vital...
In a major triumph for LGBTQ workers, the Supreme Court held yesterday that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Leigh and Jared broke down the 6-3 decision, in which Justice...