Courtney Brunson is a student at Harvard Law School and member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
The New Republic
- Starbucks Workers Are Unionizing. Their Bosses Are Refusing to Bargain.
- Prof. Block on how employers' refusal to bargain harms the labor movement
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March 31
Starbucks faces shareholder pressure for an independent review of worker rights; McDonald's workers appeal lawsuit over no-poach agreements; NYT employees take to twitter over stalled collective bargaining agreement; Seattle becomes the first American city to establish permanent paid sick and safe time benefits for gig workers; and Major League Baseball reaches a tentative collective bargaining agreement with minor league players.
March 30
Howard Schultz denied violating labor law, Florida’s anti-union bill passes the Senate, and screenwriters and journalists call for fair wages.
March 29
Former Starbucks CEO testifies today before a Sanders-led Senate committee, and Kansas City Apple store organizers file charges with the NLRB.
March 28
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Chipotle settles NLRB suit.
March 27
Striking Los Angeles school workers have reached a tentative deal with the Los Angeles Unified School District, law professors have filed an amicus brief to contest the use of arbitration in former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores’s employment discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, and the Senate HELP Committee gears up for Wednesday’s Howard Schultz testimony.
March 26
Shawn Fain wins runoff election for UAW president; Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs repeal of right-to-work