Melissa Greenberg is a student at Harvard Law School.
The Upshot published an article describing the family-friendly policies states have taken action on in the past week. With the Trump Administration failing to make progress on its paid leave proposal, several states have stepped in to fill the gap. Oregon approved scheduling legislation. Washington voted to enact a paid leave law. New Jersey’s legislature voted to pass legislation increasing the paid leave time available in the state. In Rhode Island, both houses of the legislature voted to pass paid leave measures, but the two versions have yet to be reconciled. Read more here.
The New York Times reports that despite a “prolonged recovery that culminated in two years of record sales,” United States carmakers are eliminating jobs in the U.S. Automotive manufacturers are increasingly looking to move production overseas for less lucrative models. Payrolls are smaller after the recession, and car companies have found it easier to layoff workers with the elimination of job banks and the recent hiring of newer employees who are paid less and, as a result, have less expensive unemployment insurance. Although there have been job gains for workers at some companies, industry experts are not predicting substantial growth.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is preparing to go on strike on July 12th at Tufts Medical Center after a breakdown in contract negotiations. The two sides plan to meet on Friday in hopes of averting the strike through last minute negotiations. Approximately 1,200 union nurses work at Tufts, but only a couple hundred are on shift at any given time. The hospital says it will employ 300 replacements in the event of a strike.
The New York Times reported that the European Union has put forth a non-binding advisory opinion stating that Uber should have to follow the same regulations as taxis in Europe. The EU case dealt with Uber’s operations in France and whether the company should be regulated as a service connecting users with cars or the company must comply with the same work rules as a taxi company. This legal blow is the latest set back in a string of public image and legal issues for the company. These issues recently lead Travis Kalanick to step down as CEO. Read more here.
In other Uber-related news, in London, the conflict between Uber and cab companies has taken on new meaning in light of Brexit. Reporting for the New York Times, Katrin Bennhold explored how this conflict “echo[s] the culture wars that fueled Britain’s vote last summer to leave the European Union — and that have brutally flared up again in recent weeks: immigrant versus native, old versus new, global versus national.” Read more here.
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July 11
Regional director orders election without Board quorum; 9th Circuit pauses injunction on Executive Order; Driverless car legislation in Massachusetts
July 10
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds UW Health nurses are not covered by Wisconsin’s Labor Peace Act; a district judge denies the request to stay an injunction pending appeal; the NFLPA appeals an arbitration decision.
July 9
the Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with mass firings; Secretary of Agriculture suggests Medicaid recipients replace deported migrant farmworkers; DHS ends TPS for Nicaragua and Honduras
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.