What Can We Learn from Growing Federal Sector Unions? (Hint: Maybe Clean Slate Works) What the success of federal-sector unions can teach us about private-sector labor law reform.
March 20, 2023 News & Commentary Residents and fellows at Mass General Brigham hospitals prepare to unionize; divisions in the New York Times NewsGuild union deepens as contract negotiations remain ongoing; the six-month Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike turned violent on Saturday; Los Angeles schools prepare to close this week as workers plan to strike
March 19, 2023 News & Commentary Ninth Circuit reinstates Uber's Equal Protection challenge to California's AB5; reduction in SNAP benefits could lead to "hunger cliff" for low-wage workers; Amazon workers start unionizing campaign at Kentucky facility; ex-Google employees ask company to honor parental leave.
March 6, 2023 News & Commentary Florida’s legislature considers proposals targeting unions; the University of Massachusetts Amherst is restructuring its Advancement office putting over 100 state jobs in jeopardy; UAW locals and Caterpillar have reached a tentative agreement; ambulance unions in England suspend strikes to enter negotiations with the government
February 26, 2023 News & Commentary Uber and Lyft drivers in New York City go on strike, Hyundai divests from an Alabama factory due to child labor violations
February 20, 2023 News & Commentary Hearing to determine ExxonMobil’s 2021 lockout; Biden Administration seeks outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s replacement; Iowa state bill could allow teenagers to work in previously restricted industries; DC 37 secured a tentative agreement with New York City.
Labor Law Reform Is Needed for Unions to Succeed How can support for unions be at an all-time high yet union membership fall to an all-time low? It's because our labor law is a complete disaster.
February 6, 2023 News & Commentary YouTube subcontractors strike a Return-to-Office policy; Teamsters prepare for upcoming contract negotiations with UPS; Woburn, MA teachers union agrees to reimburse city $225,000 for costs incurred during 5-day strike.
February 3, 2023 News & Commentary New Jersey advances a temp worker rights bill; Johns Hopkins doctoral students join a wave of unionized graduate students; canvassers systematically misrepresented a petition for a veto referendum on the California fast food workers bill; and strikes continue in the UK
January 31, 2023 News & Commentary Apple faces ULP charge; public school teachers strike in Massachusetts; UAW runoff voting begins; a Jacobin article discusses a new app that could facilitate union organizing
