November 5 Denver Labor helps workers recover over $2.3 million in unpaid wages; the Eighth Circuit denies a request for an en ban hearing on Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings; and many top labor unions break from AFGE’s support for a Republican-backed government funding bill.
November 4 Second Circuit declines to revive musician’s defamation claims against former student; Trump administration adds new eligibility requirements for employers under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program; major labor unions break with the AFGE's stance on the government shutdown.
November 3 Fifth Circuit rejects Thryv remedies, Third Circuit considers applying Ames to NJ statute, and some circuits relax McDonnell Douglas framework.
November 2 In today’s news and commentary, states tackle “stay-or-pay” contracts, a new preliminary injunction bars additional shutdown layoffs, and two federal judges order the Trump administration to fund SNAP. Earlier this year, NLRB acting general counsel William Cowen rescinded a 2024 NLRB memo targeting “stay-or-pay” contracts. Former General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo had declared that these kinds […]
October 31 DHS ends work permit renewal grace period; Starbucks strike authorization vote; captive-audience ban case appeal
October 30 Sweden’s Tesla strike enters its third year; Seattle rideshare drivers protest Waymo’s expansion in the city.
Wired Hundreds of Video Game Workers Join New Union as Trump Attacks Labor Rights Prof. Sachs on challenges to union organizing under the second Trump Administration.
Los Angeles Times Column: How anti-union southern governors may be violating federal law Ben Sachs quoted in a column about the anti-union governors' letter and the fragmentation of labor law; John Fry's post referenced on the question of whether state level card-check bans are preempted by the NLRA.
Fast Company Amazon’s Labor Union is divided but closing in on electing leadership Prof. Sachs on Amazon's use of legal roadblocks to delay negotiations.
Semafor Unions’ picket power now extends to U.S. boardrooms Prof. Block on the influence of labor unions on other playing fields.
Bloomberg Law Boeing Talks Will Test Unions’ Sway as Labor Market Softens Prof. Block on Boeing's labor negotiations with the International Association of Machinists.
The Case for a National Ban on Prop Bets On Thursday morning, NBA player Terry Rozier, along with former NBA player and coach Damon Jones, were arrested as part of a larger federal crackdown into illegal sports betting. An unsealed federal indictment charges Rozier and Jones with providing non-public information that was subsequently used to place illegal bets. These arrests follow in the wake of another […]
Law, Organizing (and Philanthropy) in the Radical Fund I had the opportunity to participate in a recent symposium on John Witt’s new book, The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America, hosted by Balkinization. This is my contribution to the symposium. I highly recommend the book, and the symposium as a whole – both are certainly relevant to OnLabor readers. For […]
What Critics of the “Faster Labor Contracts Act” Get Wrong Earlier this month, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on the bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA). The bill is virtually identical to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act’s First Contract Arbitration provision, with one crucial difference: it has a chance of becoming law in today’s Congress. Whereas the PRO Act had […]
Aftershocks of Jarkesy: An Omen for Agency Adjudication In July, the Third Circuit ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) cannot adjudicate certain employment-related claims essential to its mission, citing the landmark 2024 U.S. Supreme Court case, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. DOL recently requested rehearing en banc. But in the meantime, DOL’s ability to vindicate workers’ rights remains unclear. Sun Valley Orchards and […]
The Sixth Circuit Made It Harder to Hold Employers Liable for Customer Harassment. It Shouldn’t Have. Customer harassment of service workers is all too common in the United States. Across industries, workers — especially women — report facing sexual harassment from customers. In addressing this issue, the EEOC and courts have typically applied a negligence standard to determine employer liability for third-party harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sex harassment […]
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November 5
Denver Labor helps workers recover over $2.3 million in unpaid wages; the Eighth Circuit denies a request for an en ban hearing on Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings; and many top labor unions break from AFGE’s support for a Republican-backed government funding bill.
November 4
Second Circuit declines to revive musician’s defamation claims against former student; Trump administration adds new eligibility requirements for employers under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program; major labor unions break with the AFGE's stance on the government shutdown.
November 3
Fifth Circuit rejects Thryv remedies, Third Circuit considers applying Ames to NJ statute, and some circuits relax McDonnell Douglas framework.
November 2
In today’s news and commentary, states tackle “stay-or-pay” contracts, a new preliminary injunction bars additional shutdown layoffs, and two federal judges order the Trump administration to fund SNAP. Earlier this year, NLRB acting general counsel William Cowen rescinded a 2024 NLRB memo targeting “stay-or-pay” contracts. Former General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo had declared that these kinds […]
October 31
DHS ends work permit renewal grace period; Starbucks strike authorization vote; captive-audience ban case appeal
October 30
Sweden’s Tesla strike enters its third year; Seattle rideshare drivers protest Waymo’s expansion in the city.