Alexa Kissinger is a student at Harvard Law School.
Today, President Trump met with two dozen chief executives of major U.S. companies and reiterated campaign promises to bring millions of jobs back to the United States. USA Today reports that yesterday in advance of the meeting, Business Roundtable, a trade group that represents large U.S. companies, sent a letter to the Trump Administration listing ideas for regulatory relief, and voicing concern for “unintended consequences” resulting from recent Administration policies. Before meeting with Mr. Trump, the CEOs broke into working groups and discussed topics including taxes, infrastructure, and regulation.
According to POLITICO, Governor Chris Christie turned down President Trump’s offer to be his nominee for Secretary of Labor. Reportedly, Governor Christie declined the offer last Tuesday, between when Mr. Trump’s first nominee, Andrew Puzder, lost Senate support, withdrew his nomination, and was replaced by former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta.
Today in Chicago, the largest state employee union voted in favor of authorizing a strike over a longstanding contract dispute with Governor Rauner. The Chicago Tribune reports that talks between AFSCME and the governor’s team stalled more than a year ago. The union hopes the vote, which passed with 81 percent of eligible members, will spur the governor’s negotiators back to the bargaining table.
The New York Times Magazine published a series of pieces on the Future of Work. The magazine includes a riveting series of photos and pieces about the emerging face of the American working class. Telling a story of technological progress, changing consumer preferences, shifting racial demographics, and the rise of service-sector employment, one article paints a picture of the American workforce through the lives of nine workers.
Yesterday, Ed Garvey, former leader of the National Football League’s players’ union, passed away at age 76. According to The New York Times, he led the players’ union to two strikes during a dozen years as its executive director and later became a progressive political activist in his home state of Wisconsin.
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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 […]