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August 19, 2020

Jon Levitan

Jon Levitan is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.

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Daily News & Commentary

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June 1

Supreme Court ruled on Glacier Northwest; Southern California hotel employees asking for strike authorization; businesses urge to strike on June 1 to protest Florida's new immigration law; FedEx reached tentative agreement with pilot employees.

June 1

[email protected]: helpline fired its workers after they unionized and then introduced chatbot in their stead (which promptly malfunctioned), and Uber drivers in Nigeria who have financed their cars through Uber’s financing partner are having their cars impounded.

May 31

Starbucks is (yet again) violating the NLRA, Ben & Jerry's voluntarily recognizes its Scoopers union, and UPS workers prepare to strike for air conditioning and other benefits.

May 30

In a short, but important day for labor news, NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo has stated her view that non-competes violate section 7 rights and wildfire-preventing goat companies are fighting a sharp increase in wages for their herders. In a much-anticipated memo released today, General Counsel of the NLRB Jennifer Abruzzo outlines a novel argument for […]

May 29

Iowa joins a growing list of states that are relaxing back child labor laws; Los Angeles union workers join the Writers Guild of America strikers in a show of solidarity; Alaska’s Supreme Court rules that an executive order requiring employees to opt in to union membership was illegal

May 28

The Sixth Circuit adopts a new standard for collective action FLSA claims; a report highlights “squalid conditions” for tea pickers in Sri Lanka; Amazon shareholders reject resolutions calling for workers’ rights assessments

OnLabor In The News

The American Prospect

Curtailing Starbucks’s War on Its Unionized Baristas: Prof. Sachs on Starbucks' illegal tactics to prevent its workers from unionizing.

Fast Company

Ron DeSantis is coming for teachers’ unions. It’s just the latest attack against the labor movement: Prof. Block on the dangerous implications of Florida's recently passed bill prohibiting automatic deductions from paychecks to pay for union dues.

Bloomberg Law

Striking Hollywood Writers Have Few Options to Stop AI Creep: Prof. Block on Hollywood writers' ability to resist AI-induced changes to their workplace.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

To Effectively Support Democracy, Donors Need to Support Worker Rights: The Center for Labor and a Just Economy -- led by Prof. Block as Executive Director and Prof. Sachs as Faculty Director -- recognized for its research on labor and democracy.

Jacobin

The Teamsters Organized Some Amazon Delivery Workers. What Happens Next Is Complicated.: Prof. Sachs on how Amazon is attempting to resist its workers' unionization efforts by hiding behind subcontractor relationships.

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