The Senate—with the support of six Republicans—voted yesterday to extend emergency unemployment benefits for 3 months. The Editorial Board of the Washington Post offers its thoughts on the economic implications of the extension, which comes at a cost of $6.5 billion.
The New York Times is reporting that the Big 3 US automakers have announced tentative plans to introduce profit sharing with their hourly workers. Industry experts believe the automakers will distribute around $17,000 per worker. Further coverage provided by The Detroit News.
Holman Jenkins of the Wall Street Journal offers commentary on Boeing’s recently concluded contract negotiations with its Seattle-area unionized workforce. He maintains that one reason for the union’s concessions is that “just about every elected Democrat and other official in the state of Washington essentially demanded that the union . . . accept Boeing’s terms.” This political posture, Jenkins argues, stemmed partly from a desire to avoid a repeat of Detroit in the Pacific Northwest.
A group of international retailers have condemned the Cambodian government’s violent quelling of a labor action in the garment industry. As the Wall Street Journal notes, the retailers—including familiar names like H&M, the Gap, and Adidas—expressed “great concern” via open letter about “the government’s use of deadly force” against striking workers.
Tensions flared yesterday at a Goodyear factory slated to close in France. As negotiations to prevent plant’s closure—and save 1,200 jobs—broke down, employees kidnapped the factory bosses and demanded sizable severance payments for their safe return. The New York Times explains that this troubling tactic “was used several years ago at a number of multinational companies’ French operations, [and] is unlikely to allay the concerns of multinationals about France as a place to do business.”
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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.
July 4
The DOL scraps a Biden-era proposed rule to end subminimum wages for disabled workers; millions will lose access to Medicaid and SNAP due to new proof of work requirements; and states step up in the noncompete policy space.
July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.