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August 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

This morning, Mexico’s Labor Ministry announced that workers at one of General Motors’s largest pickup plants voted 3,214-2,623 to reject their union’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the company. The vote, carried out under the rules of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), was widely seen as a critical test case for the agreement’s unprecedented […]

January 5, 2020
News & Commentary

Annie Hollister

California’s controversial AB5 law came into effect on January 1, to fierce opposition from industry. The law codifies the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex test for classifying workers as employees, rather than independent contractors. Last week, Uber and Postmates filed a suit to challenge the law, arguing that the state legislature’s decision to exempt certain industries […]

August 3, 2018
News & Commentary

Ryan Wheeler

The Massachusetts legislature this week passed a new bill that would limit the use of noncompete clauses in that state. The new law, which still must be signed by Republican Governor Charlie Baker, would allow employers to prevent their workers from moving to a competitor for a year after the worker departs the company. However, […]

July 29, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Entry-level pay for some Disneyland workers will rise to $15 an hour by January 2019, and $15.45 by mid-June 2020. Hourly workers will see yearly raises of 3 percent. The new wages – up from an $11 an hour minimum – follow months of negotiations and disputes between Disney management and the four-union coalition representing […]

March 25, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Earlier this week, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. government to consider enacting tariffs against China and to publish a proposed list of the goods that will be subject to protective tariffs within 15 days. There will be a 30 day notice and comment period after the list of goods is published. […]

March 16, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Yesterday, in a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit vacated the fiduciary rule, which was issued by the Obama Administration. The Fifth Circuit found that the Department of Labor had acted arbitrarily and capriciously under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Department of Labor’s interpretation of “investment advice fiduciary” in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act should not be accorded deference under Chevron. The Fifth […]

March 9, 2018
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

Trump officially announced new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum yesterday, with industry workers standing on as he signed the proclamation. As many have reported, the tariffs are billed as a measure to protect American manufacturing workers, but the steel and aluminum industries don’t employ many, and other manufacturing industries could strain under higher prices […]

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