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June 18, 2017

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May 29

Iowa joins a growing list of states that are relaxing back child labor laws; Los Angeles union workers join the Writers Guild of America strikers in a show of solidarity; Alaska’s Supreme Court rules that an executive order requiring employees to opt in to union membership was illegal

May 28

The Sixth Circuit adopts a new standard for collective action FLSA claims; a report highlights “squalid conditions” for tea pickers in Sri Lanka; Amazon shareholders reject resolutions calling for workers’ rights assessments

May 26

New York Times reaches an agreement with the NYT Guild; Governor Walz vetoes a ride-share workers’ protections bill; Bloomberg reports a slowdown at the DOL; workers at a Barnes & Noble, a Chicago museum, and an REI vote to unionize.

May 25

New York Times reporting covers the corporate anti-union campaigns; American Airlines pilots reach a preliminary agreement on a new contract; and the WGA strike continues.

May 23

In today’s News and Commentary, NLRB prosecutors filed a complaint against Amazon for violating federal labor laws, and resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York went on strike. A new complaint by NLRB prosecutors alleges that Amazon changed its policies around access to its warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and its policies around paid […]

May 22

In this weekend’s news: the Minnesota legislature passes a labor bill offering protections for ride-share drivers, Bandcamp employees elect a union, and a gig company in San Francisco settles misclassification suits. Following the passage of an omnibus labor bill on Tuesday, the Minnesota legislature passed a bill guaranteeing ride-share drivers a minimum wage and other […]

OnLabor In The News

The American Prospect

Curtailing Starbucks’s War on Its Unionized Baristas: Prof. Sachs on Starbucks' illegal tactics to prevent its workers from unionizing.

Fast Company

Ron DeSantis is coming for teachers’ unions. It’s just the latest attack against the labor movement: Prof. Block on the dangerous implications of Florida's recently passed bill prohibiting automatic deductions from paychecks to pay for union dues.

Bloomberg Law

Striking Hollywood Writers Have Few Options to Stop AI Creep: Prof. Block on Hollywood writers' ability to resist AI-induced changes to their workplace.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

To Effectively Support Democracy, Donors Need to Support Worker Rights: The Center for Labor and a Just Economy -- led by Prof. Block as Executive Director and Prof. Sachs as Faculty Director -- recognized for its research on labor and democracy.

Jacobin

The Teamsters Organized Some Amazon Delivery Workers. What Happens Next Is Complicated.: Prof. Sachs on how Amazon is attempting to resist its workers' unionization efforts by hiding behind subcontractor relationships.

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