Weighing in on the recent strikes by fast-food workers, Jared Bernstein’s piece in today’s New York Times aims to debunk arguments against a higher minimum wage.
In labor politics, the AFL-CIO is celebrating the return of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, part of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s ongoing efforts to win back unions who defected to the rival labor federation Change to Win.
The Wall Street Journal reports that an “eclectic group of businesses” is coming together to support immigration reform, with industries from mushroom farms to senior-care facilities looking to benefit from the proposed expansion in visas for low-skilled laborers.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made “no discernible progress” in terminating state employees who care for the developmentally disabled and who are guilty of abuse, according to the New York Times. The administration blames the caregivers’ union for the lack of progress, arguing that the government’s efforts to get more aggressive have been “hamstrung” by the collective bargaining agreement.
Firefighters who respond to airport emergencies are profiled in this NYT story, which looks at the challenges posed by their unique workplace. Meanwhile, the widow of one of the 19 Arizona firefighters who died in a massive wildfire is fighting for health and pension benefits after her late husband’s employer, the City of Prescott, denied her claim.
The Washington Post features a Q&A with the chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which has received over 26,000 appeals from federal employees seeking to recoup pay lost due to furloughs imposed by the budget sequestration, while the L.A. Times reports that Pentagon civilian employees will face 6 days of furloughs in 2013, a large decrease from initial estimates of up to 22 days.
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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.