Wednesday is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The Washington Post and NBC News report that thousands of members of civil rights organizations and labor unions unions marched on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary and renew calls for an updated federal voting rights law and more job opportunities.
On Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued draft regulations aiming to limit workers’ exposure to silica dust. The Hill reports that the proposed rule, which has been stalled for over two years, had become the poster child of stalled worker protections in recent years.
In Mexico City, the New York Times reports that massive street protests are blocking an educational overhaul program intended to establish professional hiring standards and weaken Mexico’s teachers’ union. While the government argues that the reforms will give teachers job stability and clear rules for promotion, the teachers are disturbed by the program’s obligatory evaluations, which could lead to tenured teachers being moved to administrative positions.
Juliet Lapidos of the New York Times’ editorial board discusses the emerging lawsuits against for-profit companies that hire unpaid interns. Lapidos argues that “proper enforcement of labor law shouldn’t depend on exploited interns’ willingness to suffer through courtroom ordeals.”
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July 11
Regional director orders election without Board quorum; 9th Circuit pauses injunction on Executive Order; Driverless car legislation in Massachusetts
July 10
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds UW Health nurses are not covered by Wisconsin’s Labor Peace Act; a district judge denies the request to stay an injunction pending appeal; the NFLPA appeals an arbitration decision.
July 9
the Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with mass firings; Secretary of Agriculture suggests Medicaid recipients replace deported migrant farmworkers; DHS ends TPS for Nicaragua and Honduras
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.