The Wall Street Journal reports that President Obama plans to sign an executive order which would bar federal contractors from discriminating against employees based on gender identity or sexual orientation. The White House is currently finalizing details – including whether or not to allow an exemption for non-profit religious organizations – and will likely not issue an order until the Supreme Court announces its decision in Hobby Lobby. The Washington Post visualizes the scope of the planned executive order’s coverage.
The Wall Street Journal also reports that American Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the International Association of Machinists union. Earlier in the year, bargaining between the union and company was at an impasse, with the union objecting to American Airlines’ merger with US Airways. The Machinists union has said that the new agreement provides “substantial wage increases, job security improvements and maintain[s] industry-leading health care benefits.”
The New York Times offers a visualization of employment to population ratios on a state-by-state basis across America. Though the familiar labor market indicator of unemployment rates have been nearing pre-recession lows, the share of “adults with jobs — or employment rates — look[s] much less healthy.”
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September 16
In today’s news and commentary, the NLRB sues New York, a flight attendant sues United, and the Third Circuit considers the employment status of Uber drivers The NLRB sued New York to block a new law that would grant the state authority over private-sector labor disputes. As reported on recently by Finlay, the law, which […]
September 15
Unemployment claims rise; a federal court hands victory to government employees union; and employers fire workers over social media posts.
September 14
Workers at Boeing reject the company’s third contract proposal; NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cohen plans to sue New York over the state’s trigger bill; Air Canada flight attendants reject a tentative contract.
September 12
Zohran Mamdani calls on FIFA to end dynamic pricing for the World Cup; the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement opens a probe into Scale AI’s labor practices; and union members organize immigration defense trainings.
September 11
California rideshare deal advances; Boeing reaches tentative agreement with union; FTC scrutinizes healthcare noncompetes.
September 10
A federal judge denies a motion by the Trump Administration to dismiss a lawsuit led by the American Federation of Government Employees against President Trump for his mass layoffs of federal workers; the Supreme Court grants a stay on a federal district court order that originally barred ICE agents from questioning and detaining individuals based on their presence at a particular location, the type of work they do, their race or ethnicity, and their accent while speaking English or Spanish; and a hospital seeks to limit OSHA's ability to cite employers for failing to halt workplace violence without a specific regulation in place.