WBUR’s business and technology team, BostonomiX, analyzed data from the Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development in order to understand the future of work in Massachusetts. BostonomiX found that the health care and computer sectors are likely to dominate job growth in the coming years. The team also created a tool that readers can use to explore projections for every major occupation group in the state.
Local 100 of the United Labor Unions withdrew its NLRB complaint against the Dallas Cowboys after on a meeting between NFL owners and players that focused on social reform. The complaint had originally been filed in response to a statement by Jerry Jones, Cowboys owner and general manager, that players would be punished for disrespecting the flag during the National Anthem. “If Jerry Jones threatens or disciplines any players of the Dallas Cowboys despite the clear position of the NFL and others, we will immediately refile these charges with the NLRB and pursue them to their conclusion,” Local 100 chief organizer Wade Rathke said in a news release.
The Washington Examiner reports that “Republican-led Washington is mulling the most far-reaching changes to federal labor policy in seven decades.” These changes would rethink fundamental principles of labor law by expanding the rights of individual workers and forcing unions to work harder to retain membership.
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July 11
Regional director orders election without Board quorum; 9th Circuit pauses injunction on Executive Order; Driverless car legislation in Massachusetts
July 10
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds UW Health nurses are not covered by Wisconsin’s Labor Peace Act; a district judge denies the request to stay an injunction pending appeal; the NFLPA appeals an arbitration decision.
July 9
the Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with mass firings; Secretary of Agriculture suggests Medicaid recipients replace deported migrant farmworkers; DHS ends TPS for Nicaragua and Honduras
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.