Alexander W. Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.
AT&T’s recent announcement that it would attempt to acquire Time Warner, creating a communications and media behemoth, has drawn new attention to federal antitrust policies. Though often viewed from the perspective of consumers, the Seattle Times looks at how increasing corporate consolidation may be hurting workers and organized labor.
Lost somewhat among the national storylines this election cycle has been the campaign in four states to raise the minimum wage. Voters in Washington, Maine, Arizona, and Colorado will all decide Tuesday on ballot measures to increase the wage floor to nearly double the federal minimum. Though polling has been sparse, majorities in each jurisdiction support the measures.
Another campus labor dispute appears headed for a walkout. Almost 600 workers at UCLA have voted to strike, and are coordinating with 200 workers at UC San Diego to bring pressure on the UC system to raise wages for skilled tradespeople closer to the prevailing local level.
The New York Times has an in-depth report on the growing power of the Culinary Union in Nevada politics. The union has more than 50,000 members, primarily Latinos, and has become a key supporter of local Democrats. The story follows a worker at the Trump property the NLRB recently ordered back to the bargaining table, and her efforts to organize colleagues.
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July 11
Regional director orders election without Board quorum; 9th Circuit pauses injunction on Executive Order; Driverless car legislation in Massachusetts
July 10
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds UW Health nurses are not covered by Wisconsin’s Labor Peace Act; a district judge denies the request to stay an injunction pending appeal; the NFLPA appeals an arbitration decision.
July 9
In Today’s News and Commentary, the Supreme Court green-lights mass firings of federal workers, the Agricultural Secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers, and DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans. In an 8-1 emergency docket decision released yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court lifted an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan […]
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.