Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
Uber fired Anthony Levandowski, the autonomous car researcher at the center of the company’s legal battle with Waymo, the self-driving car subsidiary of Google. Waymo alleged, in a civil suit, that while he was still at Waymo, Levandowski downloaded thousands of documents and used them to found a start up later purchased by Uber. Uber said it fired Levandowski for cause, suggesting that he did not cooperate with the company’s requests to cooperate and impeded its internal investigation.
Sharon Block, writing in Democracy Journal, argues that Trump’s budget proposal reveals his true feelings towards labor. Despite receiving a higher share of the union vote than any Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984, Trump is no ally. His budget calls for a 20% increase in funding for the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, responsible for enforcing financial and voting disclosure requirements for unions, while cutting the NLRB’s budget by 6%.
Female CEOs of S&P 500 companies earn a higher median wage than their male counterparts, according to the Wall Street Journal. Female CEOs made up roughly 5% of the sample, 28 in total, but accounted for 3 of the 10 highest paid executives. S&P 500 businesses run by women generated a median shareholder return of 18.4% in 2016, about 3% higher than male-run companies.
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January 29
Texas pauses H-1B hiring; NLRB General Counsel announces new procedures and priorities; Fourth Circuit rejects a teacher's challenge to pronoun policies.
January 28
Over 15,000 New York City nurses continue to strike with support from Mayor Mamdani; a judge grants a preliminary injunction that prevents DHS from ending family reunification parole programs for thousands of family members of U.S. citizens and green-card holders; and decisions in SDNY address whether employees may receive accommodations for telework due to potential exposure to COVID-19 when essential functions cannot be completed at home.
January 27
NYC's new delivery-app tipping law takes effect; 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers go on strike; the NJ Appellate Division revives Atlantic City casino workers’ lawsuit challenging the state’s casino smoking exemption.
January 26
Unions mourn Alex Pretti, EEOC concentrates power, courts decide reach of EFAA.
January 25
Uber and Lyft face class actions against “women preference” matching, Virginia home healthcare workers push for a collective bargaining bill, and the NLRB launches a new intake protocol.
January 22
Hyundai’s labor union warns against the introduction of humanoid robots; Oregon and California trades unions take different paths to advocate for union jobs.