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Innovative Demands from the Year of the Strike

Dec 19, 2023 Ian Kalil

Ian Kalil on the innovative demands that striking workers advanced across the U.S. in 2023.

October 25, 2023
News & Commentary

Jacqueline Rayfield

Striking Los Angeles hotel workers reach a deal with a third hotel, and the United Automobile Workers celebrate nonunion autoworkers as future union family amid expanding strike at General Motors.

August 7, 2023
News & Commentary

Michelle Berger

Two new state laws protect temp workers, and four unions are striking in Los Angeles.

July 19, 2023
News & Commentary

Jacqueline Rayfield

Hollywood writers and actors accuse NBCUniversal of blocking a picket area, Southern California hotel workers plan to continue walkouts after accusing hotels of discriminating against workers, and UPS pilots announce they will not cross Teamsters' picket line.

July 7, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

Thousands of Los Angeles hotel workers return to work; major food delivery services sue to enjoin enforcement of a New York City gig worker wage rule; the Guardian reports on the resurgence of the United Farm Worker union.

February 28, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Employers are divided on company-level vaccination policy, according to a New York Times survey published last week. Although the vast majority of large corporations plan to require vaccinations for at least some workers, there remains meaningful variation in terms of what these vaccine requirements will look like. Some employers will allow regular testing as an […]

October 10, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

The Hotel Association of New York City filed suit this week alleging that a New York City law requiring certain large hotels that shuttered during the pandemic to pay laid-off workers $500 in weekly severance is preempted by federal law. According to Bloomberg, the law, signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio on October 5, stipulates […]

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

May 10, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

Carlos has dark brown hair parted neatly to the side, glasses over wise brown eyes, and arms folded over a sturdy build of more than 40 years working in the hospitality industry of Palm Springs. He wears a light blue polo shirt, and an American flag mask as we talk at his kitchen table. It’s […]

July 23, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

The Department of Labor reported this morning that another 1.4 million Americans filed for state unemployment benefits in the last week. New numbers mark the first increase in the weekly tally in the past three months. In addition, about 975,000 workers not qualified for state unemployment benefits signed up for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The […]

October 2, 2019
News & Commentary

Alisha Jarwala

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing college athletes to profit from endorsements—the first of its kind. In a statement, Newsom noted, “Colleges and universities reap billions from these student athletes’ sacrifices and success but block them from earning a single dollar. That’s a bankrupt model—one that puts institutions ahead of the students they […]

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Innovative Demands from the Year of the Strike

October 25, 2023

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At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

July 23, 2020

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