Alexander W. Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.
The New York Times surveys the current state of universal basic income programs, highlighting a Finnish pilot that aims to boost entrepreneurship and encourage work by reducing financial disincentives that accompany unemployment benefit programs.
With the holiday season increasing the volume of online shopping, the Los Angeles Times looks at the pressure delivery drivers at Amazon face to keep up with the added demand. Drivers have alleged a failure to pay minimum wage and overtime, and that the company has misclassified some as independent contractors despite exercising almost complete control over the drivers.
The Washington Post challenges interpretations of a recent report by the Economic Cycle Research Institute concluding that white workers had disproportionately failed to benefit from recent improvements in the broader economy. Tracy Jan of Wonkblog instead suggests that changes in the relative size of demographic groups and the age distributions within each may better explain the developments.
The Detroit Free Press reports that confidence among small business owners has been booming since Donald Trump’s election last month. As compared to before the election, 44% more of those surveyed believe that business conditions will be better in six months than worse.
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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 […]
March 6
The Harvard Graduate Students Union announces a strike authorization vote.