Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
The New York Times reports that the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice, Europe’s human rights court, ruled on Tuesday that it would allow companies to monitor their employees emails if they are notified in advance. The ruling applies to the 47 countries of the council of Europe, a distinct bloc from the European Union which includes nearly every country on the continent.
A new Gallop poll shows that support for the labor movement is up from an Obama-era low. 61% of Americans say they support unions, up from 48% eight years ago and the highest since 2003. Gallup suggested that, at least with Republicans, the rise can be attributed to President Trump’s rhetoric about restoring manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
Axios reports that Houston may run into trouble finding workers to rebuild the city, and that President Trump’s decision to end DACA may exacerbate the problem. Between a quarter and half of Texas’ construction workforce are illegal immigrants.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is holding a hearing today on the sharing economy. The full list of witnesses and a link to view the hearing can be found here.
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September 15
Unemployment claims rise; a federal court hands victory to government employees union; and employers fire workers over social media posts.
September 14
Workers at Boeing reject the company’s third contract proposal; NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cohen plans to sue New York over the state’s trigger bill; Air Canada flight attendants reject a tentative contract.
September 12
Zohran Mamdani calls on FIFA to end dynamic pricing for the World Cup; the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement opens a probe into Scale AI’s labor practices; and union members organize immigration defense trainings.
September 11
California rideshare deal advances; Boeing reaches tentative agreement with union; FTC scrutinizes healthcare noncompetes.
September 10
A federal judge denies a motion by the Trump Administration to dismiss a lawsuit led by the American Federation of Government Employees against President Trump for his mass layoffs of federal workers; the Supreme Court grants a stay on a federal district court order that originally barred ICE agents from questioning and detaining individuals based on their presence at a particular location, the type of work they do, their race or ethnicity, and their accent while speaking English or Spanish; and a hospital seeks to limit OSHA's ability to cite employers for failing to halt workplace violence without a specific regulation in place.
September 9
Ninth Circuit revives Trader Joe’s lawsuit against employee union; new bill aims to make striking workers eligible for benefits; university lecturer who praised Hitler gets another chance at First Amendment claims.