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 7, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB General Counsel calls for overturn of several precedents; and Black Tesla worker’s discrimination damages slashed by jury.
March 24, 2023 News & Commentary Duke opposing unionizing grad student workers; NLRB prosecutors find merit to ULPs against Amazon; Starbucks investors weighing outside audit of company's labor practices.
March 19, 2023 News & Commentary Ninth Circuit reinstates Uber's Equal Protection challenge to California's AB5; reduction in SNAP benefits could lead to "hunger cliff" for low-wage workers; Amazon workers start unionizing campaign at Kentucky facility; ex-Google employees ask company to honor parental leave.
February 24, 2023 News & Commentary Supreme Court rules high-earning professionals must be salaried to be overtime-exempt; federal judge rolls back nationwide injunction against Starbucks; OSHA fines another Amazon distribution center.
February 1, 2023 News & Commentary Judge rules Amazon violated labor law and HuffPost workers announce readiness to strike.
January 31, 2023 News & Commentary Apple faces ULP charge; public school teachers strike in Massachusetts; UAW runoff voting begins; a Jacobin article discusses a new app that could facilitate union organizing
January 25, 2023 News & Commentary Biden renominates his pick for head of the DOL's Wage and Hour Division; Walmart announces wage hike; Sanders plans Starbucks hearings as incoming chairman of the Senate HELP Committee; organizing efforts continue in the gaming industry; Amazon fires another union activist; and Harvard Law School launches the Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
January 19, 2023 News & Commentary OSHA levies $60,000 in fines against Amazon, the federal government investigates child labor trafficking, massive strikes begin in France against plans to raise the retirement age, and voluntary recognition of unions by employers is on the rise.