Walmart workers across the county went on strike yesterday, demanding higher wages, respect on the job, and an end to retaliation against workers. CNN reported that the strikes were planned to coincide with Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting.
In response to the sickout in San Francisco, the city’s attorney, Dennis Herrera, has filed a charge of unfair labor practices against the transit driver’s union. Herrera says that the contract between the union and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency prohibits strikes and work stoppages, including the sickout.
The Wage Theft Prevention Act, introduced to the Washington D.C. Council in February of this year, unanimously passed the first vote and reading. The Washington Post reports that the bill would increase penalties for employers and establish formal hearings for workers.
The Associated Press has produced a comparison of the cost of living in the country’s major cities, focusing on the effect of an increased minimum wage.
In international news, the subway workers in São Paulo, Brazil plan to strike after rejecting the government’s latest salary increase proposal. The strike will begin today at midnight, one week before the World Cup kick-off. The Wall Street Journal reports that the government intends to challenge the strike in the country’s legal courts. São Paulo bus drivers went on strike last month.
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November 23
Workers at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority vote to authorize a strike; Washington State legislators consider a bill empowering public employees to bargain over workplace AI implementation; and University of California workers engage in a two-day strike.
November 21
The “Big Three” record labels make a deal with an AI music streaming startup; 30 stores join the now week-old Starbucks Workers United strike; and the Mine Safety and Health Administration draws scrutiny over a recent worker death.
November 20
Law professors file brief in Slaughter; New York appeals court hears arguments about blog post firing; Senate committee delays consideration of NLRB nominee.
November 19
A federal judge blocks the Trump administration’s efforts to cancel the collective bargaining rights of workers at the U.S. Agency for Global Media; Representative Jared Golden secures 218 signatures for a bill that would repeal a Trump administration executive order stripping federal workers of their collective bargaining rights; and Dallas residents sue the City of Dallas in hopes of declaring hundreds of ordinances that ban bias against LGBTQ+ individuals void.
November 18
A federal judge pressed DOJ lawyers to define “illegal” DEI programs; Peco Foods prevails in ERISA challenge over 401(k) forfeitures; D.C. court restores collective bargaining rights for Voice of America workers; Rep. Jared Golden secures House vote on restoring federal workers' union rights.
November 17
Justices receive petition to resolve FLSA circuit split, vaccine religious discrimination plaintiffs lose ground, and NJ sues Amazon over misclassification.