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32-hour workweek has the potential to unite the working class; large unions grew their membership in 2023; fast-food is turning into higher-skilled work.

https://onlabor.org/april-7-2024/

UAW files unfair labor charges against Mercedes-Benz, Congressional Democrats call for an extension for Employment Authorization Documents; California fast food workers’ minimum wage increases ...

https://onlabor.org/april-1-2024/

Unions and restaurant industry groups announced a deal to improve employment standards for fast-food workers in California.

https://onlabor.org/california-fast-food-workers-secure-big-win-in-compromise-deal/

Military contractors are accused of human trafficking, cargo ships go east to avoid labor union activity, and California fast-food industry players face complaints that they violated state electi...

https://onlabor.org/october-28-2022/

A majority of teachers in Northbrook School District 28 in Illinois have declared their intent to form a union. District 28 is one of the few public school districts in Illinois that is not union...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-november-23-2021/

The Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management has proposed a new rule that would enable federal workers to drop their union membership at any time after their first year.  As Heath...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-july-22-2019/

The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide next term whether federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees. The Court granted certiorari in three cases: Bostock ...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-april-23-2019/

This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report: unemployment remains at 3.7% for the third month, and the U.S. added 155,000 nonfarm jobs.  Reactions are mixed; wh...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-friday-dec-7-2018/

Jobs don’t fall prey to higher minimum wages, according to researchers at U.C. Berkeley. Completing the first comprehensive empirical study of its kind, Sylvia Allegretto, Anna Godoey, Carl Nad...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-september-7-2018/

Seven fast food chains will stop enforcing “no poaching” agreements at all of their locations nationwide after an investigation by 11 state Attorney Generals. About 80% of fast food worker...

https://onlabor.org/todays-news-commentary-july-17-2018/