Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
President-Elect Donald Trump is expected to appoint two employer-friendly nominees to the National Labor Relations Board.The Board currently has a 2-1 Democratic majority with two empty seats. A new board might revisit many consequential decisions over the past 8 years, including the Board’s rejection of class-action waivers in employment arbitration and allowance of student unionization on college campuses, among others.
Wal-Mart is warning its employees not to download an app created by an organization seeking higher pay and benefits for its employees. Wal-Mart is telling employees that the app, designed by OUR WalMart, is a scheme to gather workers’ personal information. The app uses IBM’s artificial intelligence bot, Watson, and information fed to it by so-called peer experts to answer worker’s questions about the company’s policies and employees’ workplace rights
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, and Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, have extended olive branches to Mr. Trump. Both expressed optimism that they will be able to work with the incoming administration to find common ground, especially on infrastructure spending and transportation. Mayor de Blasio, who recently received endorsements from two unions in his bid for reelection, has been called “the worst mayor in city history” by Mr. Trump. After the most acrimonious election in history, Democrats in state and local governments will need to grapple with the question of whether and to what extent to cooperate with the Trump administration.
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July 2
First Circuit denies federal worker unions’ mandamus petition; federal court denies preliminary injunction against new union reporting rule; House introduces the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act.
July 1
Trump nominates Keith Sonderling as Labor Secretary; DOL eliminates disparate-impact liability from Title VI regulations; OPM finalizes rule allowing suitability-based removal of federal employees for post-appointment conduct.
June 30
SCOTUS ends removal protections for agencies; staff at NYC cocktail bar vote to unionize.
June 29
In today’s News and Commentary, student-athletes file a class action suit challenging the NCAA’s new Age-Based Rule, a federal judge declines to issue a preliminary injunction against FEMA’s reduction in force but expedites proceedings, and Gavin Newsom opposes California’s proposed billionaire tax in favor of a federal approach. On Thursday, DeJuan Campbell, at basketball player […]
June 28
Philadelphia utility workers announce July 4 strike; national parks workers vote to unionize; Michigan considers “right to disconnect” bill.
June 26
Mamdani issues workplace heat protections order; Fifth Circuit denies enforcement of NLRB order against Starbucks; AFGE unlikely to secure injunction against FEMA layoffs.