In light of the upcoming oral arguments in Harris v. Quinn, the Los Angeles Times and NPR review the context surrounding this First Amendment challenge to the collection of mandatory union dues. The Los Angeles Times quotes Professor Sachs as observing that it would be radical for the Court to invalidate fair share fees under the constitution, and noting the parallel between the union dues cases and the Court’s bar association precedent. The Wall Street Journal and Chicago Tribune offer their opinions of the case, while labor attorney Moshe Marvit discusses his take in the Washington Post. An OnLabor summary of Harris v. Quinn can be found here.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) has released a report predicting a rise in international unemployment figures over the next two years despite global economic recovery. The ILO expects that young people and workers in Asia will be particularly hard hit, while unemployment is expected to stay about the same in the European Union and fall in the United States.
The American Federation of Government Employees is concerned that a measure in the federal appropriations bill passed last week will privatize airport-screening, the Washington Post reports. The union explains that while there are currently 48,000 TSA screeners, the bill caps federal funding to only 46,000 employees
The New York Times reports that yesterday Police arrested Rep. Charles Rangle (D-NY) and 31 other people marching at La Guardia Airport in support of airport contract workers’ efforts to get a paid holiday on Martin Luther King Day. The march was part of a larger SEIU 32BJ campaign to improve wages and benefits for airport contract workers.
Meanwhile, the New York Times Editorial Board takes issue with the $16 billion allocated for immigration enforcement in the House appropriations bill that passed last week. The Board writes “Millions of Americans can’t find work and have lost their unemployment benefits because Congressional Republicans insist the government can’t afford to help them. But there is no shortage of money when it comes to hunting down unauthorized immigrants.”
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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.