Maddy Joseph is a student at Harvard Law School.
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will not resign but will seek to form a minority government after her party lost its parliamentary majority in yesterday’s election. The future of Brexit and recent calls to limit immigration are now less clear. The results were seen as a repudiation of May’s policies but also as a victory for Labour and its leader Jeremy Corbyn, who ran on a left-populist platform that included calls to re-nationalize industries and to encourage worker co-ops.
Trump is expected to nominate Cheryl Stanton, a former Bush administration lawyer, to head the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Stanton is the current director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.
Chicago’s unionized charter school teachers are in the process of voting on a deal to join the Chicago Teachers Union, which has vocally opposed charter schools. If the deal is approved by CTU members and teachers at the 10 unionized charter schools (final results might be unknown until the fall), CTU and charter school teachers would join forces but would continue to operate under separate contracts.
Workers at the popular Washington-area Founding Farmers restaurants sued the company Tuesday alleging violations to overtime and sick-leave laws. As the Washington Post notes, Founding Farmers is the most recent of several high-profile restaurant groups to face similar allegations.
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August 29
Trump fires regulator in charge of reviewing railroad mergers; fired Fed Governor sues Trump asserting unlawful termination; and Trump attacks more federal sector unions.
August 28
contested election for UAW at Kentucky battery plant; NLRB down to one member; public approval of unions remains high.
August 27
The U.S. Department of Justice welcomes new hires and forces reassignments in the Civil Rights Division; the Ninth Circuit hears oral arguments in Brown v. Alaska Airlines Inc.; and Amazon violates federal labor law at its air cargo facility in Kentucky.
August 26
Park employees at Yosemite vote to unionize; Philadelphia teachers reach tentative three-year agreement; a new report finds California’s union coverage remains steady even as national union density declines.
August 25
Consequences of SpaceX decision, AI may undermine white-collar overtime exemptions, Sixth Circuit heightens standard for client harassment.
August 24
HHS cancels union contracts, the California Supreme Court rules on minimum wage violations, and jobless claims rise