An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal argues that the Supreme Court should rule against Unite Here in the Mulhall case, suggesting that unions should have to convince individual workers of the value of their services, rather than getting companies to agree to neutrality agreements.
The L.A. Times reports that California’s unemployment benefits fund is in disarray, owing nearly $10 billion to the federal government and with no clear path towards fixing its deficit of payments versus contributions.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Switzerland will vote next week on a proposal that would cap CEO pay at 12 times the wage of a company’s lowest-paid worker.
Catherine Rampell in The New York Times discusses the macro-economic impact of her earlier proposal: that lower-value chores should be outsourced by high-wage earners to give them more time to work.
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September 2
Trump’s US Steel agreement impacts labor talks; Mamdani clashes with teachers’ union; Boeing plans to resume bargaining talks.
September 1
California legislature passes a bill banning AI workplace surveillance of workers' emotional states; Labor Department repeals decades-old farmworker protection rules; Sixth Circuit upholds a $1.4 million verdict for farmworkers.
August 31
Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians stave off first-ever strike; Cleveland Public Library workers ratify new contracts; New York State AFL-CIO makes endorsements
August 30
Seattle teachers vote to authorize a strike days before the school year begins; BNSF Railway’s AI dispatching system puts workers in danger; and a California court finds that the DOL’s pay cuts for non-citizen farmworkers are unlawful.
August 28
Calls for a “token tax” on AI consumption grow and the number of Amazon workers on federal aid explodes.
August 27
NLRB GC targets Biden-era precedent; Starbucks Workers United calls for boycott; Encore Boston Harbor workers authorize strike