Disneyland’s Costumed Character Workers are Unionizing
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Adam Hefner had recently graduated high school and was looking for a job when their sister, who was working in Disneyland Resort’s food and beverage…
What’s in Michigan’s Push to Expand Voting Rights
From today’s PBS News: When Kenia Flores goes to the polls, she listens to her ballot choices with headphones and uses an accessible machine to cast her ballot. This device…
Florida Governor Blocks Heat Protections for Workers Right Before Summer
From today’s NPR News: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law that prevents cities or counties from creating protections for workers who labor in the state’s often extreme and…
Rideshare Companies Ask SCOTUS To Reexamine California Worker-Protection Law
From today’s SCOTUSblog: he Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana was a victory for employers seeking to enforce mandatory arbitration clauses in the face of a…
New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Shape 2024 Election
From today’s Washington Post: Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All…
Denver City and County Employees May Get Collective Bargaining Rights
From today’s Denverite: Denver voters may have a say in whether almost 7,000 city employees have the right to collective bargaining. If the charter amendment ends up on the ballot.…
MN Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenge to Felons’ Voting Rights
From today’s CBS News: The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to the state’s restoration of voting rights for felons. The law passed last year…
Local Labor Leaders In Seattle Sustain ‘Year of the Union’ Momentum
From today’s Urbanist: 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Organization protests, commonly called “the Battle of Seattle,” an important AFL-CIO-led protest for worker rights and anti-globalization. The…
Amazon and SpaceX Claim NLRB is Actually Unconstitutional
From today’s The Conversation: Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations…
AI Makes 32-Hour Workweek Possible
From today’s Forbes: The global movement toward a 32-hour workweek is gaining traction in the United States with an endorsement by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Last Wednesday, Sanders introduced the…