Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
NPR reports that journalists from The Chicago Tribune are preparing to organize. The paper has, for decades, been an outspoken opponent of unionizing efforts. Journalists cited decreased job security after two rounds of layoffs in the past six months; irregular and scant raises; rising health care costs; and a desire for more generous family leave conditions as primary reasons behind the organizing effort.
A blog post by the San Francisco Federal Reserve argues that the large number of Americans who find themselves with involuntary part-time work–long argued to be a symptom of a faltering economy–might be a more permanent result of changing structural features. Involuntary part-time workers are five times more likely to live in poverty than full-time workers with similar jobs, less likely to receive benefits, and earn on average close to 20% less per hour than full-time workers in similar positions.
Tesla workers filed suit claiming racial bias and abuse at one of the company’s electric car manufacturing facilities, reports Bloomberg. Because the plaintiffs are contract workers, they are not bound by a mandatory arbitration provision like most Tesla employees. The plaintiffs allege they were subject to near-constant verbal harassment as well as derogatory hand-drawn photos posted around the facility. A federal trial is scheduled to start in 2019.
Big multinational employers are releasing information about how many people they employ overseas thanks to a regulatory mandate required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Dodd-Frank required companies to make public the ratio between what they pay their chief executive and what they pay their median worker. The information about overseas employees is part of an effort by companies to contextualize what can be exorbitant pay ratios.
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February 24
DOJ drops Space-X complaint; Unions and agencies respond to Musk
February 23
Trump's attacks on federal workforce make way through courts; Trump NLRB requests Cemex bargaining order; Colorado's Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board
February 21
In today’s News & Commentary, Trump spending cuts continue to threaten federal workers, and Google AI workers allege violations of labor rights. Trump’s massive federal spending cuts have put millions of workers, both inside and outside the federal government, in jeopardy. Yesterday, thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs research office were […]
February 20
President Trump's labor secretary pick retreats from some of her pro-labor stances during Senate confirmation hearing and Lynn Rhinehart discusses implications of NLRB and other agency removals.
February 19
In today’s news and commentary, Lori Chavez-Deremer’s confirmation hearing, striking King Soopers workers return to the bargaining table, and UAW members at Rolls-Royce authorize a strike. Lori Chavez-Deremer, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, faces a Senate confirmation hearing today. Chavez-Deremer may face more No votes from Republicans than other Trump cabinet members. Rand […]
February 18
In today’s news and commentary, an air traffic union examines the impact of federal aviation worker firings, Southwest Airlines lays off 15% of its corporate workforce, and the NLRB’s General Counsel withdraws Biden-era memos Following the Trump Administration’s dismissal of hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), a […]