June 5 Ports in California are shut down as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and industry officials reach a stalemate, and the WGA strike continues.
June 4 Mexico taking up US’s request to investigate labor violations at Goodyear plant; Amazon fires another organizer at Bessemer warehouse; leaders of United Airlines pilots union authorize strike vote.
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.
New York Times Supreme Court Backs Employer in Suit Over Strike Losses Prof. Block on the implications of the Supreme Court's recent Glacier decision on union strategy.
Bloomberg Law Starbucks Is Racking Up Labor Law Violations as Rulings Roll in Prof. Block on Starbucks' repeated illegal interference with NLRB processes.
Reuters Supreme Court ruling could chill labor strikes Prof. Sachs on the implications of the Supreme Court's recent Glacier decision
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.
Defendants, United, Could Strike the State Blindsided Professor Andrew Crespo outlines the potential power of plea strikes and defendant unions in fighting the carceral state.
The Howard Schultz Senate Hearing: Setting the Record Straight on a Venti’s Worth of Misinformation Assessing Starbucks CEO's Senate testimonial regarding the company's response to workers union organizing.
Starbucks CEO Testifies Before Senate: Starbucks “Did Not Break the Law” Howard Schultz repeatedly asserted Starbucks has not broken the law -- despite a judge findng "egregious AND widespread" NLRA violations.
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.
9th Circuit Revives Constitutional Challenge to Employee Classification Law Federal court breathes new life into Uber’s challenge to California‘s worker-classification law.
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June 5
Ports in California are shut down as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and industry officials reach a stalemate, and the WGA strike continues.
June 4
Mexico taking up US’s request to investigate labor violations at Goodyear plant; Amazon fires another organizer at Bessemer warehouse; leaders of United Airlines pilots union authorize strike vote.
June 2
Labor leaders, academics, and reporters react to Glacier Northwest
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.