July 4th 2022
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On Thursday, tech workers at The New York Times overwhelmingly voted to certify their union – the Times Tech Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York (which also represents Times editorial workers) – as their exclusive collective bargaining...
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week allowing the Biden Administration’s health worker vaccine-or-test mandate to move forward, the Department of Health and Human Services is appealing a federal court’s ruling that had enjoined the health worker...
A majority of teachers in Northbrook School District 28 in Illinois have declared their intent to form a union. District 28 is one of the few public school districts in Illinois that is not unionized, as less than 10% of teachers in the state are not members of the...
The November jobs report reflects that U.S. hiring has slowed sharply as viral rates surge to new heights across the country, adding only 245,000 jobs, the slowest rate of growth since the spring and a warning of a difficult recovery in the coming months. The...
On Friday, the House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. Though the bill is likely doomed as it faces Republican opposition in the Senate and a threat of veto from President Trump, it represents House Democrats’ first offer at the negotiating table,...
Amidst informal congressional negotiations on the next coronavirus stimulus aid, Labor Secretary Scalia has expressed tacit reluctance to extend the $600 weekly unemployment payment boost beyond the July 31 expiration date. Scalia criticized the current program for...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t plan to impeach Labor Secretary Alex Acosta—even as Acosta faces widespread calls to resign over a plea deal he negotiated with Jeffrey Epstein, a powerful money manager accused of using his wealth and access to cover up his...
The March jobs report revealed that the U.S. added 196,000 jobs last month, exceeding forecasts and demonstrating recovery from February’s slowdown. The numbers in Friday’s monthly report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate strong, sustainable economic...
A restaurant workers’ organization is appealing a D.C. Superior Court’s order that blocked a referendum to raise D.C.’s sub-minimum base wage for tipped workers. In many states, including D.C., tipped workers like waiters, bartender, and manicurists can be paid a...
Sixty percent of Arkansas voters support a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage from $8.50 to $11 by 2021, on par with California and Massachusetts. The ballot initiative looks likely to pass, despite the state’s deep conservative politics, loud...
On the cusp of an ideological majority for the first time in over half a century, the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term today, again – like in 2016 – with an 8-Justice lineup. While the fate of the current nominee is uncertain, the Court is slated for what...
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a new law holding retail companies jointly liable for labor violations suffered by truckers who are directly managed by port trucking providers. The legislation follows growing awareness of rampant labor abuse in...