Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
Confirmation hearings for Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General will begin today. NPR covers five things too look out for during the nomination hearings. The Washington Post reports that Trump and Sessions plan to restrict immigration from highly skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas. The New York Times will be live briefing the hearings.
Industry lobbyists are pushing to overturn the NLRB’s Browning-Ferris decision, which made it easier for unions to organize employees at franchises like McDonald’s, according to the Wall Street Journal. Andrew Puzder, Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Labor, has also been a prominent critic of the joint-employer doctrine.
Republican lawmakers in Congress may try to emulate what their party was able to accomplish in Kentucky, writes The Nation. That will spell trouble for workers around the country. Kentucky became the 27th state to pass a right to work law on Saturday, and Trump’s cabinet picks indicate his administration will take a similarly anti-labor stance.
President Obama will give his farewell address tonight in Chicago. NPR covers the history of the presidential farewell.
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January 29
Texas pauses H-1B hiring; NLRB General Counsel announces new procedures and priorities; Fourth Circuit rejects a teacher's challenge to pronoun policies.
January 28
Over 15,000 New York City nurses continue to strike with support from Mayor Mamdani; a judge grants a preliminary injunction that prevents DHS from ending family reunification parole programs for thousands of family members of U.S. citizens and green-card holders; and decisions in SDNY address whether employees may receive accommodations for telework due to potential exposure to COVID-19 when essential functions cannot be completed at home.
January 27
NYC's new delivery-app tipping law takes effect; 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers go on strike; the NJ Appellate Division revives Atlantic City casino workers’ lawsuit challenging the state’s casino smoking exemption.
January 26
Unions mourn Alex Pretti, EEOC concentrates power, courts decide reach of EFAA.
January 25
Uber and Lyft face class actions against “women preference” matching, Virginia home healthcare workers push for a collective bargaining bill, and the NLRB launches a new intake protocol.
January 22
Hyundai’s labor union warns against the introduction of humanoid robots; Oregon and California trades unions take different paths to advocate for union jobs.