The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report that Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed minimum wage increase that would have been the world’s highest. Swiss trade unions were seeking a minimum hourly wage of $24.65 in an effort to ensure fair salaries for workers in the lowest-paid sectors, such as retail. Switzerland currently has no national minimum wage.
The Los Angeles Times reports that organized labor groups across Brazil have begun a series of strikes and protests for higher pay and better working conditions as the World Cup nears. Associations of police officers, teachers, transportation workers, public employees, security guards, homeless people, and political activists alike are engaging in these demonstrations.
The Associated Press reports that Connecticut has the largest part-time labor force. The percentage of those working fewer than 35 hours weekly now comprises 22.2% of Connecticut’s employment, outpacing the Northeast, South, Midwest, and West.
The Washington Post reports that D.C. Public Schools have reached a tentative collective-bargaining agreement with the Council of School Officers, the union representing principals, assistant principals, business managers, master educators, and other non-teachers who work in schools.
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May 30
Trump's tariffs temporarily reinstated after brief nationwide injunction; Louisiana Bill targets payroll deduction of union dues; Colorado Supreme Court to consider a self-defense exception to at-will employment
May 29
AFGE argues termination of collective bargaining agreement violates the union’s First Amendment rights; agricultural workers challenge card check laws; and the California Court of Appeal reaffirms San Francisco city workers’ right to strike.
May 28
A proposal to make the NLRB purely adjudicatory; a work stoppage among court-appointed lawyers in Massachusetts; portable benefits laws gain ground
May 27
a judge extends a pause on the Trump Administration’s mass-layoffs, the Fifth Circuit refuses to enforce an NLRB order, and the Texas Supreme court extends workplace discrimination suits to co-workers.
May 26
Federal court blocks mass firings at Department of Education; EPA deploys new AI tool; Chiquita fires thousands of workers.
May 25
United Airlines flight attendants reach tentative agreement; Whole Foods workers secure union certification; One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts $1.1 trillion