An ordinance approved by the Long Beach, California, City Council provides an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay for grocery store workers who face greater health risks in the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The EU’s top court found Thursday that European law allows countries to require specialist training for dockworkers, but such national rules cannot violate the freedom of movement for workers from other member states.
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The union representing educators in Chicago Public Schools voted in favor of an agreement to return to in-person learning after
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The agreement resolves a nearly two-year legal battle between a powerful Hollywood agency and the Writers Guild over talent packaging fees.
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The California Supreme Court denied a petition challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 22, an initiative that exempts app-based companies from a labor law that would make it harder to classify workers as independent contractors.
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Federal prosecutors announced a plea agreement with auto giant Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Wednesday, concluding their investigation into the company’s multimillion-dollar kickback scheme with auto union executives with a hefty $30 million payment.
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There’s very little evidence that Covid is spread in schools, the agency says, but many teachers still claim that reopening them isn’t safe.
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The executive order focuses on strengthening existing provisions requiring federal agencies to buy products made by American workers to rejuvenate U.S. manufacturing and help spur economic recovery.
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A federal judge preliminarily blocked Union Pacific Railroad maintenance workers from going on strike over demands for more paid Covid leave, given the parties are actively negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
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A group of Google engineers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry.
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A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a Hollywood entertainment firm’s effort to end a Writers Guild boycott over packaging fees, finding that the court lacks jurisdiction to enjoin the protest since it’s a protected labor action under federal law.
Read moreA Foster Farms chicken processing plant in California must supply face masks to workers, conduct temperature and health screenings before anyone can enter the plant, and follow other precautions to protect employees from Covid-19, a Merced County judge ruled Wednesday. More than 400 employees have contracted the virus since June, according to a complaint filed by the United Farm Workers of America.
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Union Pacific Railroad wants a federal judge to block the union for its maintenance workers from going on strike over demands for more paid Covid leave, since the parties are actively negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
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The United Farm Workers union accuse chicken giant Foster Farms of failing to take proper precautions to protect its workers from Covid-19 at its Livingston, California, processing facility.
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The Writers Guild of America restored Hollywood talent firm Creative Artists Agency’s ability to represent screenwriters after agreeing Wednesday to end a nearly two-year legal battle over talent packaging fees.
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The federal government and the United Auto Workers said Monday they have reached a settlement to reform the powerful union after corruption infected the very top of the historic organization, resulting in multiple criminal convictions.
Read moreThe Second Circuit vacated a National Labor Relations Board order that found Time Warner engaged in unfair labor practices by “coercively interrogating” employees about discussions that led to an unprotected protest and work stoppage that went against a no-strike agreement with the company and a union.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit upheld a teacher’s class action suit seeking recovery of “fair-share fees” he made under protest to the Chicago Teachers Union before a U.S. Supreme Court decision concluded the extraction of such fees from non-union members was unconstitutional. The teacher requested the circuit court affirm the dismissal so that he can appeal to the Supreme Court.
Read moreA class of Amazon Flex drivers claim the e-retailing giant spies on their private Facebook group to gather information about planned strikes and protests, unionizing efforts and warehouse and driving conditions.
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Although the First Circuit is the latest to join the chorus of courts that have barred public employees from clawing back old union dues, it appears that cases raising the issue are unlikely to go away soon.
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