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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August 1
The Michigan Supreme Court grants heightened judicial scrutiny over employment contracts that shorten the limitations period for filing civil rights claims; the California Labor Commission gains new enforcement power over tip theft; and a new Florida law further empowers employers issuing noncompete agreements.
July 31
EEOC sued over trans rights enforcement; railroad union opposes railroad merger; suits against NLRB slow down.
July 30
In today’s news and commentary, the First Circuit will hear oral arguments on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) revocation of parole grants for thousands of migrants; United Airlines’ flight attendants vote against a new labor contract; and the AFL-CIO files a complaint against a Trump Administrative Executive Order that strips the collective bargaining rights of the vast majority of federal workers.
July 29
The Trump administration released new guidelines for federal employers regarding religious expression in the workplace; the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers is suing former union president for repayment of mismanagement of union funds; Uber has criticized a new proposal requiring delivery workers to carry company-issued identification numbers.
July 28
Lower courts work out meaning of Muldrow; NLRB releases memos on recording and union salts.
July 27
In today’s news and commentary, Trump issues an EO on college sports, a second district court judge blocks the Department of Labor from winding down Job Corps, and Safeway workers in California reach a tentative agreement. On Thursday, President Trump announced an executive order titled “Saving College Sports,” which declared it common sense that “college […]