Vivian Dong is a student at Harvard Law School.
AT&T West, DirecTV West, and the Communications Workers of America, District 9 reached a tentative labor agreement on Friday. The labor agreement would cover 17,000 workers in California and Nevada for four years. This contract is the first union contract for DirecTV workers, as DirecTV was bought out by AT&T in 2015. The terms of the agreement are available here. They include a 3.0% wage increases upon ratification, with further increases down the line.
In response to an admission last week by Uber that it had made a mistake calculating commissions for its New York City drivers, costing them tens of millions of dollars overall, two drivers in a proposed class action asked U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis to reconsider his dismissal of their breach of contract claim against Uber, arguing that the admission counts as new evidence. Uber then asked the court to reject the request to reconsider. Uber had miscalculated drivers’ commission by mistakenly including state sales tax in the total fare charged to customers. Uber states that it will return to the drivers the full amount owed plus interest.
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta will testify on the Department of Labor’s fiscal budget request for 2018 this Wednesday before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. However, much of the questioning is expected to focus instead on Secretary Acosta’s refusal to delay the June 9 implementation of the Obama-era fiduciary rule, a decision he announced last week. Secretary Acosta explained that he could find no legal justification for delaying the rule, though he is looking into potential changes to the rule.
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July 18
Trump names two NLRB nominees; Bernie Sanders introduces guaranteed universal pension plan legislation; the DOL ends its job training program for low-income seniors; and USCIS sunsets DALE.
July 17
EEOC resumes processing transgender workers' complaints; Senate questions Trump's NLRB General Counsel nominee; South Korean unions strike for reforms.
July 16
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lays off thousands of employees; attorneys for the Trump Administration argue against revealing plans to reduce the workforce of federal agencies; and the Fourth Circuit grants an emergency stay on the termination of TPS for thousands of Afghans.
July 15
The Department of Labor announces new guidance around Occupational Safety and Health Administration penalty and debt collection procedures; a Cornell University graduate student challenges graduate student employee-status under the National Labor Relations Act; the Supreme Court clears the way for the Trump administration to move forward with a significant staff reduction at the Department of Education.
July 14
More circuits weigh in on two-step certification; Uber challengers Seattle deactivation ordinance.
July 13
APWU and USPS ratify a new contract, ICE barred from racial profiling in Los Angeles, and the fight continues over the dismantling of NIOSH