The recent wave of militant labor action has been over workers demanding better pay and working conditions—not opposing Covid vaccine requirements. This month, the United States has seen a noticeable uptick in the number of strikes by fed-up workers at companies like Kellogg’s and John Deere—a phenomenon many are calling “Striketober.” As a result, the U.S. labor
Under-resourced and overlooked, the South is tired of waiting for organized labor. Two blocks from the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson, Robert Shaffer, head of the state AFL-CIO, sits on a couch in his office trying to explain how unions could become more powerful in Mississippi. “It’s just,” he says, then
SEATTLE — In spring 2020, just as the first Covid-19 surge was peaking and businesses, schools, and whole countries were shutting down, a young couple named Elizabeth and Anton made a bold move. Little did they know it would put them in the vanguard of a pandemic-enabled geographic dispersion that
Dorothy LeConte is part of a movement of taxi drivers demanding that the city of New York relieve their financial anguish. NEW YORK CITY—Outside the gated entrance to City Hall, a dozen yellow taxi drivers huddle under the canopy of a tent to take shelter from the pelting rain. They sit alongside
Women, teachers and health care employees all suffered from the slow rebound last month. The labor market recovery that President Joe Biden has promised slowed again in September, with a weaker-than-expected 194,000 new jobs created. That suggests school reopenings and the end of generous federal jobless benefits haven’t brought enough
After last week’s NLRB memo made the unionization of college athletes a possibility, the CFBPA could become very important. Last week, a memo from the top lawyer of the Biden administration’s National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, asserted that certain college athletes should be legally considered employees. This decision took a wrecking ball
No federal law bans general workplace bullying, but harassment tied to a protected trait is illegal. Learn what the law covers, how to report, and your deadlines.
Know your union organizing rights under the NLRA: what you can do, what employers cannot, how to start a union, and how to file a charge in time.
Federal law sets no immediate deadline for a final paycheck. Learn how state rules differ, what the check must include, and how to act if it is late.
Learn when U.S. employers use last chance agreements, what terms to review, which EEOC rights cannot be waived, and how employees and union reps can respond.
Learn how U.S. unpaid internship laws apply, what the seven factor test examines, how state rules differ, and where interns can seek remedies.
U.S. whistleblower retaliation laws set strict deadlines, sometimes just 30 days. Find the right agency, from OSHA to OSC or MSPB, and preserve evidence.
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