Federal mediators yesterday sided with unions representing Long Island Rail Road employees in their dispute with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Presidential Emergency Board — the second one convened in the longstanding dispute — supported the LIRR unions’ push for a 17% raise instead of the 11% raises offered by the MTA.
The Wall Street Journal also reports that more than half recent black college graduates are underemployed — working in a low-paying occupation that typically does not require a college degree. The analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that 56% of black recent college graduates are underemployed, in contrast with a still-high 45% among all recent college graduates with a job.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina voted last week to open the union’s membership to athletes at the state’s 17 public campuses. USA Today reports that the decision comes two months after the regional NLRB ruling that players at Northwestern could create the first union of college athletes. The union’s decision would not require a team vote and is based on an individual athlete’s choice on whether to join.
A United Nations report released today forecasts persistently high unemployment for young people in developing countries. The New York Times reports that while developing countries are predicted to grow at nearly twice the rates of the developed world, they are growing “stubbornly slower” than before 2008. This is bad news for the world’s youth, as 90 percent of those between the ages of 10 and 24 are concentrated in developing countries.
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July 15
The Department of Labor announces new guidance around Occupational Safety and Health Administration penalty and debt collection procedures; a Cornell University graduate student challenges graduate student employee-status under the National Labor Relations Act; the Supreme Court clears the way for the Trump administration to move forward with a significant staff reduction at the Department of Education.
July 14
More circuits weigh in on two-step certification; Uber challengers Seattle deactivation ordinance.
July 13
APWU and USPS ratify a new contract, ICE barred from racial profiling in Los Angeles, and the fight continues over the dismantling of NIOSH
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