Adi Kamdar is a student at Harvard Law School.
Today is the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and labor is heavily represented. Monday’s speaker’s list includes AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, AFT president Randi Weingarten, AFSCME president Lee Saunders, Building Trades president Sean McGarvey, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry, and NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia. Winning over labor is crucial, especially after newly tapped VP pick Tim Kaine expressed agreement with provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership before renouncing his support for the deal soon after.
Meanwhile, those staying tuned to their mobile devices or taxi cab televisions in Philadelphia will see a flurry of ads regarding minimum wage waivers for union workers, according to the Wall Street Journal. The ads are sponsored by the Worforce Fairness Institute, “which has for years fought union-backed legislation in Washington.”
Roughly $66,000. That’s how much it’ll cost per employee for banks to move their British staff abroad post-Brexit, a consulting firm estimated, according to Bloomberg. This price includes the “cost of relocating staff, hiring and firing other employees and setting up new offices in cities that could include Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris or Frankfurt.” Many banks have threatened—or are planning—to move out of the U.K. in order to maintain free access to the rest of the European market.
A Bloomberg video talks about how the labor force participation rate is at its lowest rate in 30 years, and the U.S. birth rate is at its lowest in a hundred. The commentator notes that, because of factors like the low birth rate, there will be a continued threat to labor participation unless we look to immigration to fill some much-needed gaps.
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February 21
In today’s News & Commentary, Trump spending cuts continue to threaten federal workers, and Google AI workers allege violations of labor rights. Trump’s massive federal spending cuts have put millions of workers, both inside and outside the federal government, in jeopardy. Yesterday, thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs research office were […]
February 20
President Trump's labor secretary pick retreats from some of her pro-labor stances during Senate confirmation hearing and Lynn Rhinehart discusses implications of NLRB and other agency removals.
February 19
In today’s news and commentary, Lori Chavez-Deremer’s confirmation hearing, striking King Soopers workers return to the bargaining table, and UAW members at Rolls-Royce authorize a strike. Lori Chavez-Deremer, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, faces a Senate confirmation hearing today. Chavez-Deremer may face more No votes from Republicans than other Trump cabinet members. Rand […]
February 18
In today’s news and commentary, an air traffic union examines the impact of federal aviation worker firings, Southwest Airlines lays off 15% of its corporate workforce, and the NLRB’s General Counsel withdraws Biden-era memos Following the Trump Administration’s dismissal of hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), a […]
February 17
President Trump breaks campaign promise to support workers and Utah’s governor signs a law banning public sector collective bargaining
February 16
Unions fight unlawful federal workforce purges; Amazon union push suffers setback in North Carolina.