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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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.