Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
Richard Griffin, General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, sent an unusual letter to the Supreme Court to correct an answer he gave during oral argument in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis. Responding to Chief Justice John Roberts, Griffin said workers could be forced into an arbitration forum that barred group claims involving 50 or fewer people. His letter clarifies that the correct answer was actually given by Daniel Ortiz, a lawyer for the workers, who said workers had to be allowed to file joint complaints even with a group of 50 or fewer.
Ben & Jerry’s struck a deal yesterday to ensure that the dairy farms supplying it with milk provided humane conditions for their workers, reports The New York Times. The agreement between Ben & Jerry’s and a farmworker’s group in Vermont, where the company is based, creates labor standards and an enforcement mechanism to encourage workers to report violations.
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill that would send self-driving cars to market and bar states from issuing regulatory road blocks. The bill would allow automakers to sell up to 80,000 self-driving vehicles each year if they could demonstrate they are as safe as human driven vehicles. The bill would also grant the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration authority to exempt self-driving cars from certain federal safety requirements.
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March 13
Republican Senators urge changes on OSHA heat standard; OpenAI and building trades announce partnership on data center construction; forced labor investigations could lead to new tariffs
March 12
EPA terminates contract with second-largest union; Florida advances bill restricting public sector unions; Trump administration seeks Supreme Court assistance in TPS termination.
March 11
The partial government shutdown results in TSA agents losing their first full paycheck; the Fifth Circuit upholds the certification of a class of former United Airline workers who were placed on unpaid leave for declining to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons during the pandemic; and an academic group files a lawsuit against the State Department over a policy that revokes and denies visas to noncitizens for their work in fact-checking and content moderation.
March 10
Court rules Kari Lake unlawfully led USAGM, voiding mass layoffs; Florida Senate passes bill tightening union recertification rules; Fifth Circuit revives whistleblower suit against Lockheed Martin.
March 9
6th Circuit rejects Cemex, Board may overrule precedents with two members.
March 8
In today’s news and commentary, a weak jobs report, the NIH decides it will no longer recognize a research fellows’ union, and WNBA contract talks continue to stall as season approaches. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that employers cut 92,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4 percent. A loss […]