Lolita De Palma is a student at Harvard Law School.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in three cases that turn on whether Title VII’s protections against sex discrimination extend to anti-LGBTQ discrimination. In anticipation of the argument, NBC News published the stories of transgender employees who have faced job discrimination. According to the National Center for Transgender Equality’s 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, one in six transgender adults have lost a job because of their gender identity or expression.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg spoke in support of unions at SEIU’s weekend summit. He said he supported “not just a higher minimum wage, but more ability to unionize.” In fact, Buttigieg would “like to see us double unionization rates in the country.”
Talks between General Motors and the UAW have taken a turn for the worse. The biggest hurdle in negotiations has been the union’s request for GM to move some of its production from Mexico to its idle plants in the United States. Now in its 22nd day, the strike has cost GM about $600 million in total lost profits.
The unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans has risen from 3.9% to 4.5% over the past year. The unemployment rate for all veterans stands at 3.1%.
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April 24
NLRB seeks to compel Amazon to collectively bargain with San Francisco warehouse workers, DoorDash delivery workers and members of Los Deliveristas Unidos rally for pay transparency, and NLRB takes step to drop lawsuit against SpaceX over the firing of employees who criticized Elon Musk.
April 22
DOGE staffers eye NLRB for potential reorganization; attacks on federal workforce impact Trump-supporting areas; Utah governor acknowledges backlash to public-sector union ban
April 21
Bryan Johnson’s ULP saga before the NLRB continues; top law firms opt to appease the EEOC in its anti-DEI demands.
April 20
In today’s news and commentary, the Supreme Court rules for Cornell employees in an ERISA suit, the Sixth Circuit addresses whether the EFAA applies to a sexual harassment claim, and DOGE gains access to sensitive labor data on immigrants. On Thursday, the Supreme Court made it easier for employees to bring ERISA suits when their […]
April 18
Two major New York City unions endorse Cuomo for mayor; Committee on Education and the Workforce requests an investigation into a major healthcare union’s spending; Unions launch a national pro bono legal network for federal workers.
April 17
Utahns sign a petition supporting referendum to repeal law prohibiting public sector collective bargaining; the US District Court for the District of Columbia declines to dismiss claims filed by the AFL-CIO against several government agencies; and the DOGE faces reports that staffers of the agency accessed the NLRB’s sensitive case files.