Emily Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.
In the wake of CEO Travis Kalanick’s resignation last week, Uber is pleading with its employees to stay on with the company. According to the Wall Street Journal, some Uber employees are considering leaving the company after the tumultuous last few months; others who are more hopeful that the company can restore its damaged reputation or fearful that they will lose their stock options with the company will choose to stay. Meanwhile, the Journal reports, some of Uber’s drivers are feeling optimistic about the company in the wake of Kalanick’s departure, especially given the adoption of more driver-friendly policies immediately following his resignation. The Uber Board met for the first time on Thursday to discuss the search for Kalanick’s replacement.
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray introduced a resolution at the Conference of US Mayors on Friday in support of airline workers. The resolution “urges all airlines to hire responsible union contractors and ensure that contracted airport workers are paid a living wage with benefits and the freedom to form a union.” The resolution further urges Cities to become involved as advocates for “airports to be engines of prosperity that provide family-sustaining jobs and boost the economy in our communities.”
An op-ed published in the New York Times yesterday envisions a future in which Artificial Intelligence brings about a “wide-scale decimation of jobs” with no ready replacement and, as a consequence an enormous concentration of wealth for those who are able to capitalize on the technology. According to Kai-Fu Lee, the article’s author, the challenges are imminent. Such a development will necessitate a social welfare system which adopts substantial wealth transfer policies—ideally, Lee argues, in the form of a universal basic income.
A recent report from Sweden’s Institute for Evaluation of Labor Market and Education Policy shows that employers systematically filter out older job applicants—even applicants as young as forty. To perform the study, researchers sent out 6,000 fictitious job applications to employers who posted job openings. Researchers found that the chances of a fictitious employee being contacted began to decrease as the employee reaches forty years old, and almost no one close to retirement age was contacted.
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July 2
Block, Nanda, and Nayak argue that the NLRA is under attack, harming democracy; the EEOC files a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels; and SEIU Local 1000 strikes an agreement with the State of California to delay the state's return-to-office executive order for state workers.
July 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Department of Labor proposes to roll back minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by public defenders over a union’s Gaza statements, and Philadelphia’s largest municipal union is on strike for first time in nearly 40 years. On Monday, the U.S. […]
June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.
June 29
In today’s news and commentary, Trump v. CASA restricts nationwide injunctions, a preliminary injunction continues to stop DOL from shutting down Job Corps, and the minimum wage is set to rise in multiple cities and states. On Friday, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that […]
June 27
Labor's role in Zohran Mamdani's victory; DHS funding amendment aims to expand guest worker programs; COSELL submission deadline rapidly approaching
June 26
A district judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking agencies from implementing Trump’s executive order eliminating collective bargaining for federal workers; workers organize for the reinstatement of two doctors who were put on administrative leave after union activity; and Lamont vetoes unemployment benefits for striking workers.