Emily Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.
Just in time for the election, JD Supra Labor and Employment has published a brief overview of the candidate’s views on workplace laws. Highlights of Clinton’s plans include her plan to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour, improve collective bargaining rights, reward profit sharing arrangements, and support Wall Street reform. Trump likewise plans to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour and has focused his economic platform on job creation. Read the full article here.
The New York Times noted the uncertain future of a federal policy which allows undocumented migrants to remain in the United States and apply to travel abroad and re-enter the United States without penalty. The program, known as deferred action, has allowed thousands of young people to visit their home countries since its inception by the Obama Administration in 2012. However, as the Times points out, the next President will have the power to repeal the program, leaving its future contingent on the outcome of today’s election. Politico also weighed in on the status of immigration plans, saying that if Hilary Clinton wins, a comprehensive immigration reform bill will likely be one of her first moves as President. Meanwhile, if Trump wins, the National Immigration Forum plans to “move into a very defensive posture… [to] pressure House Republicans, Senate Republicans … so that they [become] the wall between what Trump wants to do and what he can do.”
The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments on presidential power to make appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. The justices heard arguments over President Obama’s appointment of Lafe Solomon, who was appointed temporarily as Acting General Counsel without Senate approval. In 2014, the Supreme Court limited presidential powers by ruling that three of Obama’s 2013 NLRB appointments were invalid. As Reuters points out, the outcome of the case could have widespread impacts on the next president’s ability to make temporary appointments.
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October 30
Sectoral bargaining could blunt A.I. job loss; Gen-Z job searchers stare into the void.
October 29
Dolores Huerta, labor leader, feminist, and civil rights icon, dies at 96.
October 28
The Writers Guild of America East provides writers with access to software that protects their work from AI scraping, and city workers in Oregon reach a tentative agreement after a six-day strike.
October 27
Some California union locals defy their statewide leadership to back the state’s billionaire tax proposal; a Brown University technology center releases a map of the hidden global workforce behind AI; the National Women's Soccer League and its players union settle six grievances.
October 26
Harvard dining workers authorize strike; New York City bans horse carriages; Brooklyn nurses rally in support of colleague.
October 25
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders unionize; Bureau of Prisons again pushes for union contract cancellation; CSU faculty votes on strike authorization.