Mackenzie Bouverat is a student at Harvard Law School.
UNITE HERE has released a report describing the workplace conditions of airport Starbucks, operated by food service company HMS Host. The report concludes that an Orlando Starbucks employee, Gabriel Ocasio Mejias, was fired on February 18th in retaliation for union organizing. The report also notes that the median pay for black Starbucks workers was $1.85 less than white Starbucks workers. This report was based on survey responses collected from employees of 27 HMS Host airport locations between February and December 2019. HMS Host denies that Ocasio Mejias was fired for union organizing, and attributes the pay disparity to differences in the cost of living between the cities in which workers are employed.
Germany has ratified a new law aimed at facilitating the immigration of skilled workers. The new law expands the definition of “skilled worker” to include those who hold a vocational training certificate (i.e., rather than only those who possess a university or college degree, as was previously the case). Generally, non-EU applicants are permitted to work in Germany if they have been offered a work contract at a German company. The new law eliminates the requirement that non-EU citizens may only take a job if no EU citizen or German can take the job instead. Per the new law, accepting a job offer guarantees workers four years of residency status (or the duration of their contract). After four years, they are eligible to apply for permanent residency.
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July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.
July 2
Block, Nanda, and Nayak argue that the NLRA is under attack, harming democracy; the EEOC files a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels; and SEIU Local 1000 strikes an agreement with the State of California to delay the state's return-to-office executive order for state workers.
July 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Department of Labor proposes to roll back minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by public defenders over a union’s Gaza statements, and Philadelphia’s largest municipal union is on strike for first time in nearly 40 years. On Monday, the U.S. […]
June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.
June 29
In today’s news and commentary, Trump v. CASA restricts nationwide injunctions, a preliminary injunction continues to stop DOL from shutting down Job Corps, and the minimum wage is set to rise in multiple cities and states. On Friday, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that […]
June 27
Labor's role in Zohran Mamdani's victory; DHS funding amendment aims to expand guest worker programs; COSELL submission deadline rapidly approaching