Leora Smith is a student at Harvard Law School.
The EEOC is getting serious about the right to use a bathroom that conforms with your gender identity. A new fact sheet lays out requirements for workplace bathrooms, and makes it clear that employers who fail to provide access to bathrooms that align with employees’ gender identities are engaging in gender discrimination that violates Title VII. Read a summary of the fact sheet here.
Today, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto will be in Washington, D.C. to continue his conversation with President Obama about trade, immigration and security. In The Huffington Post Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, outlines three points he hopes the Presidents will discuss.
While it felt like everyone was glued to the #RNCinCLE (Republican National Convention in Cleveland) hashtag on Twitter this week, a number of groups hosted an interesting and informative Twitter discussion about the minimum wage yesterday using the hashtag #MinWageChat. And on that note – Minneapolis just got one step closer to a $15/hr minimum wage
And the Department of Justice submitted a request for the Supreme Court to rehear the case U.S. v. Texas, once they have a full 9-person bench next term. The deadlocked decision in the case means that the lower court’s injunction on President Obama’s far-reaching immigration plans, expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and creating Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, still stands. In their request to the court, the DOJ writes that this is a matter of such “great national importance” that the nation deserves a clear ruling from the Supreme Court. Even if the court agrees, there is no guaranteeing that the next term will see a full 9-Justice panel to hear the case.
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July 26
Prop 22 survives; video game workers take action; NLRB challenged.
July 25
Disney union reaches tentative agreement, FAA agrees to improve worker conditions, and Olympic dancers drop strike notice.
July 24
Unions demand end to military aid for Israel; UAW and Teamsters hold out on Harris endorsement; Judge declines to block FTC ban on non-competes
July 23
NLRB drops appeal of a district court case striking down its joint employer rule; red states challenge EEOC’s pregnancy rule; and the WNBA players’ union taps advisors.
July 22
Unions respond to Biden's exit, many back Harris.
July 19
The Bronx Defenders Union announces a tentative collective bargaining agreement; Amazon workers continue a strike in Skokie; Bangladesh students continue protests over government job quotas.