Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
In a 3-1 decision today, the NLRB held that “student assistants who have a common-law employment relationship with their university are statutory employees under the [Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act]”. The case, discussed previously on this blog, overrules the 2004 decision in Brown University and could result in tens of thousands of new union members across the country.
The 9th Circuit became the second appellate court to uphold the NLRB’s position that the NLRA prohibits workers’ arbitration agreements from including class action waivers. The 9th Circuit became the second to agree with the NLRB’s position and now widens the split between circuit courts, with the Second, Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuit all disagreeing.
United Continental Holdings has reached two labor deals with its flight attendants and mechanics. The deals will allow for further integration between pre-merger United and Continental and provide pay raises, improved health care, and job protection for employees.
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May 14
MLB begins negotiating; Westchester passes a new wage act; USDA employees sue the Agriculture Secretary.
May 13
House Republicans push for vote on the SCORE Act; Wells Fargo wins 401(k) forfeiture appeal; Georgia passes portable benefits bill.
May 12
Trump administration proposes expanding fertility care benefits; Connecticut passes employment legislation; NFL referees ratify new collective bargaining agreement.
May 11
NLRB Judge finds UPS violated federal labor law; Tennessee bans certain noncompetes; and Colorado passes a bill restricting AI price- and wage-setting
May 10
Workers at the Long Island Rail Road threaten to strike, and referees at the National Football League reach a collective bargaining agreement.
May 9
HGSU wraps up its third week on strike and economists find that firms tend to target workers with “wage premiums” for AI replacement.