The Washington Post reports that the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union in the country, described the implementation of common core standards in the nation’s public schools as “completely botched” and called for major changes to the roll-out of the standards. The NEA has previously been one of the Obama Administration’s strongest allies on the push to adopt common core standards.
According to the New York Times, labor leaders identified raising the minimum wage as a winning strategy for both unions and Democrats during this year’s election season. The unions will be focusing their efforts most heavily in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Florida, and will be paying increased attention to state and local races.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal highlights a potential rift between Democrats and unions over the IRS’s proposed rules that puts some union activity at risk of losing its tax-exempt status.
The Hill notes that the American Federation of Government Employees, National Treasury Employees Union, and other federal employee unions are calling for Congress to end pension cuts for federal workers. Congress recently voted to end pension cuts for military personnel, but not other government employees.
In sports news, the New York Times reports that Northwestern football player Kain Colter testified for four hours in front of the National Labor Relations Board about the need for a player’s union on campus.
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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
In Today’s News and Commentary, the Supreme Court green-lights mass firings of federal workers, the Agricultural Secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers, and DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans. In an 8-1 emergency docket decision released yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court lifted an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan […]
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.