Vail Kohnert-Yount is a student at Harvard Law School.
This morning, the Senate narrowly voted to end debate on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. A final vote could occur as early as tomorrow. 51 Senators, including Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted for cloture. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voted no. It remains unclear whether the cloture votes of Senators Collins, Flake, and Manchin reflect their final position on Kavanaugh’s nomination.
Nearly 2,500 workers at seven Marriott hotels in San Francisco walked off their jobs yesterday morning to demand higher wages, workplace safety, and job security. They join 1,500 Marriott workers in Boston who went on strike the day before, including at the Boston Ritz-Carlton where the New York Yankees crossed the picket line. Unite Here Local 26 President Brian Lang said in response, “We understand that there’s a very intense rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, but quite frankly we’re a little outraged they would take it out on working class people who are out here sacrificing to improve their livelihoods.”
Following Amazon’s announcement that it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all U.S. employees, the company gave notice that it will phase out its bonus and stock award programs for hourly workers. In the past, Amazon’s U.S. warehouse workers were eligible for monthly bonuses as well as stock awards. The company informed those employees on Wednesday that it will eliminate both of those compensation categories to help pay for the raises.
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August 24
HHS cancels union contracts, the California Supreme Court rules on minimum wage violations, and jobless claims rise
August 22
Musk and X move to settle a $500 million severance case; the Ninth Circuit stays an order postponing Temporary Protection Status terminations for migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal; the Sixth Circuit clarifies that an FMLA “estimate” doesn’t hard-cap unforeseeable intermittent leave.
August 21
FLRA eliminates ALJs; OPM axes gender-affirming care; H-2A farmworkers lose wage suit.
August 20
5th Circuit upholds injunctions based on challenges to NLRB constitutionality; Illinois to counteract federal changes to wage and hour, health and safety laws.
August 19
Amazon’s NLRA violations, the end of the Air Canada strike, and a court finds no unconstitutional taking in reducing pension benefits
August 18
Labor groups sue local Washington officials; the NYC Council seeks to override mayoral veto; and an NLRB official rejects state adjudication efforts.