April 30, 2023 News & Commentary Hollywood braces for a Writers Guild strike; New York’s tentative budget includes a higher minimum wage; a union decertification petition is filed at a Buffalo, New York Starbucks store
April 28, 2023 News & Commentary Sixth Circuit hears oral arguments in a case challenging the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; U.S. labor board prosecutors accuse Starbucks of refusing to bargain in good faith with 144 unionized cafés; YouTube Music contract workers unionize, and Lyft lays off more than a quarter of its workforce.
April 26, 2023 News & Commentary Rutgers University union considers resuming strike, Senator Cory Booker introduces legislation aimed to deter child labor through federal contracts, and Cargill Inc claims they will need months to sever ties with a U.S. meatpacking plant fined for child labor violations.
April 21, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB lays out remedies for repeat violators; Labor Secretary nominee Su confirmation hearing; FTC noncompete ban receives 25,000 comments.
April 20, 2023 News & Commentary Amazon cannot compel arbitration for a privacy class action claim; more than 150,000 federal workers in Canada go on strike; and workers at Trader Joe’s stores in New York City and Oakland begin union votes.
April 19, 2023 News & Commentary UTLA reaches a tentative agreement, Comcast NBCUniversal is revealed to hold a role-playing exercise opposing unionization, the Texas House passes a bill restricting labor regulations, and a retail Barnes & Noble store announces organizing campaign.
April 18, 2023 News & Commentary The Iowa Senate passes a child labor law allowing more minors to work; the White House announces a sweeping executive order to improve child and family care resources; and the WGA authorizes a writers' strike.
April 17, 2023 News & Commentary Ben & Jerry’s workers in Burlington, Vermont are filing for a union election; Unionized workers at the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic voted to strike on Sunday; Guild members of the Writers Guild of America will determine whether to authorize their union to call a strike if a contract cannot be reached by May 1st; Los Angeles community college instructors win healthcare in new labor agreement
April 16, 2023 News & Commentary Unions at Rutgers University paused a week-long strike after reaching a framework for a new agreement; France’s Constitutional Council upheld the constitutionality of a plan to raise the retirement age; a former employee of Smoothstack Inc. filed a class action over alleged wage theft; a new research paper explained algorithmic wage discrimination by gig companies.
April 14, 2023 News & Commentary Florida House committee approves legislation to weaken public unions; Department of Agriculture urges meat companies to examine supply chains for child labor; House subcommittee to hold hearing on California's approach to gig workers; Twitter faces new lawsuits over mass layoffs; federal agency to release proposed regulations to enforce Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; San Jose City Council strengthens wage theft policy for public contracts; Trader Joe's workers in New York City and Oakland to vote on unionization.