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McDonald's affiliated-group opposes New York bill enhancing worker protections; University of Pennsylvania graduate students vote to unionize; Finland limits strike durations.

https://onlabor.org/may-10-2024/

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee file for a union election, the Supreme Court declines to review McDonald’s no-poach agreements, and Pew publishes new polling data about union membership. 

https://onlabor.org/march-19-2024/

In today’s news and commentary: McDonalds no-poach agreement survives in court, legislation protecting nursing parents at work is stalled, accounts of low-wage and precarious work in the solar ...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-and-commentary-june-30-2022/

In today’s News & Commentary, TIME Magazine workers call off threat to strike; Activision-Blizzard workers vote to unionize; Los Angeles strippers look to organize; and McDonald’s workers in ...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-may-24-2022/

Core Amazon policies and business practices have come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the Amazon warehouse collapse in Edwardsville, Illinois that killed six workers last Friday. For one, the ...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-december-13-2021/

Yesterday afternoon, the NLRB’s new General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, sworn-in just a few weeks ago, released a detailed memo alluding to plans to reform labor law through transforming Board pr...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-april-15-2015-2/

Yesterday, the Biden administration extended the federal CDC eviction moratorium which was originally set to expire this weekend. The moratorium will continue to be in place until October 3, and ...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-august-4-2021/

As restaurants across the country struggle to adequality staff their kitchens and facilities, many conservative policymakers have begun ascribing this purported “labor shortage” to the enhan...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-may-19-2021/

Today, businesses and workers alike await the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) decision on whether to issue an emergency temporary standard for workplace safety during the p...

https://onlabor.org/public-nuisance-in-the-pandemic-workplace-an-old-tort-made-new-in-the-fight-for-worker-safety/

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released guidance aimed at protecting nursing home workers from Covid-19 exposure. Among other things, the guidance recommends the increased use ...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-november-2-2020/