September 25th 2021
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In an awaited decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a series of Arizona laws restricting voting access—which have a disparate impact on voters of color—did not violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA). The first of these restrictions nullified any...
A United Airlines worker has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the Railway Labor Act's opt-out system for union dues for railway and airline workers. Under the Railway Labor Act, employees who are not union members but are represented must affirmatively opt...
The anniversary of the first lockdowns in the United States approaches, but even as optimism concerning the possibility of returning to "normal" mounts, many companies plan to retain work-from-home models regardless of the status of the pandemic. In a Stanford and...
In anticipation of the coming Biden presidency, Edward Segal, writing for Forbes, examined Biden's labor plan to see what he can accomplish through solely executive action and what needs congressional approval. Of the reforms listed on Biden's plan, the ones he can...
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...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court released two landmark decisions striking at the heart of federal employment law. In Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, No. 19–431, the Court ruled 7-2 to uphold two Trump administration rules expanding existing religious...
Yesterday, Mark Joseph Stern reported in Slate about Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson’s plan to alter the process by which the state deducts union member dues from public employees’ paychecks. The plan was released last Tuesday in the form of a legal opinion...
Five states are suing the Trump administration to block a rule that would ban automatic deductions for union dues from the paychecks of home health workers paid for by Medicaid. The attorneys general of California, Washington, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and...
According to US News, immigration activists and labor groups are holding a rally in Boston to protest President Trump’s increase of deportations of undocumented immigrants. Organizers also note they are opposed to President Trump’s travel ban. Finally, U.S....
It's a good moment to think creatively and expansively about how to revitalize the U.S. labor movement. This important work is underway, with contributions from academics, labor lawyers, union organizers, and others. Substantive debates about the future of labor...