Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
The New York Times reports that labor unions are lobbying President Trump to include protection in any new NAFTA agreement from low wage workers lowering American wages. The AFL-CIO has made an extensive set of recommendations to be included in any renegotiated agreement. The unions request that the Trump administration insist that workers at any stage of the production chain be paid a livable wage commensurate with the cost of living where the worker resides.
Continuing with the theme of the day, Bloomberg reports that President Emmanuel Macron of France will be traveling across the European Union to advocate for more protection against low wage workers. Together with his labor reform plan, ensuring high wages for French workers was a central campaign promise for Mr. Macron.
Bloomberg reports that management lawyer John Ring, a partner at Morgan Lewis, is on the short list for appointment to the National Labor Relations Board. His appointment would ensure the first Republican majority in nearly a decade, and will likely result in the board reconsidering a host of Obama era decisions intended to protect workers.
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March 13
Republican Senators urge changes on OSHA heat standard; OpenAI and building trades announce partnership on data center construction; forced labor investigations could lead to new tariffs
March 12
EPA terminates contract with second-largest union; Florida advances bill restricting public sector unions; Trump administration seeks Supreme Court assistance in TPS termination.
March 11
The partial government shutdown results in TSA agents losing their first full paycheck; the Fifth Circuit upholds the certification of a class of former United Airline workers who were placed on unpaid leave for declining to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons during the pandemic; and an academic group files a lawsuit against the State Department over a policy that revokes and denies visas to noncitizens for their work in fact-checking and content moderation.
March 10
Court rules Kari Lake unlawfully led USAGM, voiding mass layoffs; Florida Senate passes bill tightening union recertification rules; Fifth Circuit revives whistleblower suit against Lockheed Martin.
March 9
6th Circuit rejects Cemex, Board may overrule precedents with two members.
March 8
In today’s news and commentary, a weak jobs report, the NIH decides it will no longer recognize a research fellows’ union, and WNBA contract talks continue to stall as season approaches. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that employers cut 92,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4 percent. A loss […]