Maddy Joseph is a student at Harvard Law School.
Postmates, the delivery start up, faces a new worker-classification lawsuit. Vanity Fair has a quick report. In related news, in the UK, Uber lost its appeal of a recent ruling that its drivers were not self-employed.
The Nation recaps a troubling new report from Centro de los Derechos del Migrante and Penn Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic about women migrants in the United States on temporary worker visas. Through surveys, the report documents the ways these workers are especially “vulnerable to abuses, exploitation, and human trafficking.”
Slate has a commentary arguing that billionaire Joe Ricketts’ decision to close Gothamist and DNAinfo could violate the NLRA under a narrow exception to the general rule that shutting down a business to stop a union is permissible. See Sharon Block and Ben Sachs’ comments on the shutdowns here.
In the wake of high-profile sexual harassment-related resignations and dismissals at the AFL-CIO and SEIU, Bloomberg writes about a wider culture of sexual harassment at the two unions and of promises to improve conditions for union employees.
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September 10
A federal judge denies a motion by the Trump Administration to dismiss a lawsuit led by the American Federation of Government Employees against President Trump for his mass layoffs of federal workers; the Supreme Court grants a stay on a federal district court order that originally barred ICE agents from questioning and detaining individuals based on their presence at a particular location, the type of work they do, their race or ethnicity, and their accent while speaking English or Spanish; and a hospital seeks to limit OSHA's ability to cite employers for failing to halt workplace violence without a specific regulation in place.
September 9
Ninth Circuit revives Trader Joe’s lawsuit against employee union; new bill aims to make striking workers eligible for benefits; university lecturer who praised Hitler gets another chance at First Amendment claims.
September 8
DC Circuit to rule on deference to NLRB, more vaccine exemption cases, Senate considers ban on forced arbitration for age discrimination claims.
September 7
Another weak jobs report, the Trump Administration's refusal to arbitrate with federal workers, and a district court judge's order on the constitutionality of the Laken-Riley Act.
September 5
Pro-labor legislation in New Jersey; class action lawsuit by TN workers proceeds; a report about wage theft in D.C.
September 4
Eighth Circuit avoids a challenge to Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings; ALJ finds that Starbucks violated the NLRA again; and a district court certifies a class of behavioral health workers pursuing wage claims.