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to apply, applicants were required to provide identity information to U.S.C.I.S. and many are worried that, if DACA is repealed, the information will be turned over to Homeland Security to deport immigrants and their parents.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rights groups, universities, and some cities are already gearing up to protect those who may be exposed if DACA is repealed, reports the New York Times.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 3
Unions seek a preliminary injunction to prevent USDA downsizing; the D.C. District Court issues a preliminary injunction against new student loan regulations; Matt Bruenig releases an analysis of Starbucks’ ongoing legal battle against Starbucks Workers United.
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.