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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July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.
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.