May 19th 2022
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The country has been rocked by the news that the Supreme Court seems poised to issue a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that will overrule the 49 year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade guaranteeing the right to an abortion for women who can find a...
Happy May Day! Across the world, workers and unions are rallying to celebrate International Workers’ Day. Events and protests are planned throughout Europe and the rest of the world, stretching from Slovakia and the Czech Republic to France, Italy, Turkey,...
The latest Starbucks store successfully voted to unionize 38-27 on Thursday. The store, a flagship Starbucks Reserve Roastery, and the first to open of only six Starbucks Reserve locations worldwide, is located in Starbucks’ hometown of Seattle, Washington. As...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument regarding whether a worker who has signed a private arbitration agreement, under which all legal disputes must be handled outside of court, may sue their employer in court under a California labor law that permits...
In today's news and commentary, the New York Times settles allegations of suppressing pro-union worker speech and the Supreme Court takes up a(nother) forced-arbitration dispute. The New York Times is at the center of another free-speech controversy. The Times...
On March 30, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana. The case focuses on whether California employers can force employees to waive their right to bring claims under the Private Attorney Generals Act, which allows...
Forced arbitration denies workers their day in court. Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court has made it increasingly difficult for workers to avoid arbitration. This month, the Court will hear three more cases involving arbitration-related disputes. The...
Reading the briefs in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, a case the Supreme Court will hear at the end of the month, I was reminded of two aphorisms. The first is “what a tangled web we weave when first we start to deceive,” and the second is Karl Marx’s...
When Angie Moriana began working for Viking River Cruises in 2016, she signed an arbitration agreement that stripped her of her ability to sue Viking in a court of law, or to join class or collective actions. Two years later, Moriana sued Viking, alleging a number...
In staying OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard, six U.S. Supreme Court Justices joined an opinion that the ETS was likely beyond OSHA’s authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Here I’ll show you how the Court read the OSH Act in an...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court blocked OSHA’s nationwide vaccine or mask-and-test mandate for private businesses with over 100 employees, while allowing a separate, narrower yet stricter mandate affecting the health care industry to remain standing. Under OSHA’s...
The impasse between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago authorities came no closer to resolution this weekend, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected a proposal by the union to return to in-person instruction on January 18. “The best, safest place for kids to be is in...