Jason Vazquez is a staff attorney at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2023. His writing on this blog reflects his personal views and should not be attributed to the Teamsters.
Reports have emerged that the DNC is planning to incorporate a provision into its contracts barring consulting firms it retains from helping suppress organizing activities or resist any measure “opposed by the labor movement.” The news comes a few weeks after various outlets exposed that Amazon had hired a major firm aligned with the Democratic Party to spearhead its obscenely expensive — and ultimately unsuccessful — campaign to defeat the union efforts at its Staten Island facility.
A tentative agreement was announced on Tuesday between the union representing thousands of residential doormen in New York City and the real estate firms that employ them. The agreement will provide significant wage increases and bonuses to the doormen, who essentially serve as private security and personal assistants at luxurious apartment complexes across the city. If ratified, the deal will avert a strike that was set to begin this week.
Lastly, in organizing news, the efforts to unionize Apple the most valuable company in the world, are accelerating, as employees at four of the company’s stores in New York City — including its flagship location in Grand Central Terminal — have commenced organizing drives.
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August 18
New Trump administration rules will remove the Merit Systems Protection Board's independence; a CFPB union leader suspended alleges retaliation; the National Treasury Employees Union requires its members to pay dues as it battles to stay financially afloat.
August 17
Tensions rise between New York City's teachers' union and City Hall; NLRB judge finds Brooklyn hospital violated labor law.
August 16
New documents show that federal surveillance operations targeted Minnesota labor unions during the ICE surge, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission denies halting federal class discrimination complaints.
August 14
Hollywood unions diverge in response to the Paramount-Warner merger saga; Tesla defeats a years-long strike in Sweden, and labor scholars advocate for state sectoral bargaining policy innovation.
August 13
EEOC complaint process expected to harm federal workers; former UAW leaders endorse Fain challenger; Xbox employees protest layoffs.
August 12
Third Circuit affirms dismissal of driver’s bias and retaliation claims against CBS and Teamsters; employment litigation surges in Washington state; MIT Sloan professor argues the rise of “disposable workers” is transforming American employment.