Emily Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.
Bloomberg reports that over 30% of graduates from for-profit colleges make less than what a person making federal minimum wage would working full-time—around $14,500 per year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education. This data corroborates recent research from the National Bureau of Economic Research that students who attend for-profit colleges are, overall, worse off for having enrolled. The data has led the federal government to stress the value of public education, where students can earn on average $9,000 more per year than their counterparts at for-profit institutions, while graduates from public trade schools make, on average, $2,700 more than their counterparts at for-profit institutions.
A promise from President-elect Donald Trump to “immediately terminate” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, has left people brought to the United States illegally as children in fear of deportation. The program, set up through policy guidelines rather than executive order, allows authorities to defer action to deport immigrants brought to the United States as children and issue two-year work permits. In order to apply, applicants were required to provide identity information to U.S.C.I.S. and many are worried that, if DACA is repealed, the information will be turned over to Homeland Security to deport immigrants and their parents. Civil rights groups, universities, and some cities are already gearing up to protect those who may be exposed if DACA is repealed, reports the New York Times.
Despite a series of tweets by President-elect Donald Trump celebrating Ford’s decision not to move production that was once done in Kentucky to Mexico, the New York Times reports that the decision has no effect on U.S. jobs and that the tweets “overstated” the victory for workers. Ford never planned to move a plant to Mexico but at one point did plan to move some production of a small SUV to Mexico and dedicate the Kentucky plant to other vehicles. Regardless, according to Ford, the decisions related to the Kentucky plant at issue would have had no impact on jobs. As Ford has been a target of President-elect Trump’s criticism of American companies which move jobs to Mexico, the Times reports this move was likely a “political olive branch” but largely “symbolic.”
One of Sweden’s largest unions set up a hotline for workers to complain about “mansplaining,” when a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing or condescending way, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Every day this week, Unionen will host a service which will allow workers to speak to gender experts and academics about mansplaining in the workplace. Sweden is one of the top five countries in gender equality, according to the World Economic Forum.
The New York Times reports that Major League Baseball is enjoying a time of prosperity, thanks in no small part to labor peace that has spanned the past two decades. Although the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement for MLB players is set to expire December 1, the industry appears confident in continued labor peace, and Commissioner Rob Manfred has hinted that the new C.B.A. will “mostly include tweaks to the current system.”
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July 4
The DOL scraps a Biden-era proposed rule to end subminimum wages for disabled workers; millions will lose access to Medicaid and SNAP due to new proof of work requirements; and states step up in the noncompete policy space.
July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.
July 2
Block, Nanda, and Nayak argue that the NLRA is under attack, harming democracy; the EEOC files a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels; and SEIU Local 1000 strikes an agreement with the State of California to delay the state's return-to-office executive order for state workers.
July 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Department of Labor proposes to roll back minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by public defenders over a union’s Gaza statements, and Philadelphia’s largest municipal union is on strike for first time in nearly 40 years. On Monday, the U.S. […]
June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.
June 29
In today’s news and commentary, Trump v. CASA restricts nationwide injunctions, a preliminary injunction continues to stop DOL from shutting down Job Corps, and the minimum wage is set to rise in multiple cities and states. On Friday, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that […]