The Chicago Tribune reports that the well-known immigration reform activist, Mexican Elvira Arellano, is back at a church in Chicago where she previously lived for a year in order to escape deportation. Arellano hid in the church from 2006 to 2007 when she was discovered, separated from her son, and sent back to Mexico. Last week, Arellano returned to the U.S. with her sons as part of a protest against President Obama’s immigration policies. She was captured but released by authorities and allowed to travel to Chicago. She will have to face an immigration hearing in September.
Meanwhile, USA Today discusses diverse reactions to President Obama’s announcement that deportations of illegal immigrants should be carried out more “humanely.” Advocates like the National Immigration Law Center hope that the President is signaling an end to deportations, while the Federation for American Immigration Reform argues that such a move would violate the President’s legal obligations.
In international news, the New York Times reports that the employees of Israel’s Foreign Ministry are on strike over pay and working conditions. Foreign Ministry employees are paid on a different scale than other government employees, which the Ministry says has resulted in substandard and unacceptable salaries. On the other hand, the Finance Ministry says that Foreign Ministry employees received a 20% pay hike just two years ago. As a result of the strike, more than 103 Israeli diplomatic missions across the world are closed.
The New York Times also reports that the Euro Zone economy expanded in March. The growth is driven by strong recovery in Europe’s labor market, particularly in France. The stabilization in the job market across Europe is in sharp contrast to this time last year, when the region was facing rising unemployment rates.
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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
the Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with mass firings; Secretary of Agriculture suggests Medicaid recipients replace deported migrant farmworkers; DHS ends TPS for Nicaragua and Honduras
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.