Biden’s Pick for Labor Secretary Aims For Stronger Work Rights
From today’s CNN News: Julie Su, a civil rights attorney who has held numerous state and federal roles focused on labor issues, was formally nominated to be the next secretary of labor…
What Human Behavior Tells Us About How To Get Hybrid Work Right
From today’s Forbes: There aren’t a lot of peer-reviewed studies on the benefits of climbing trees, but this rule simultaneously prohibited something potentially positive (clean fun/exploration/nature/exercise) and created animosity—making it…
Biden Nominates Julie Su as U.S. Labor Secretary
From today’s New York Times: President Biden on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate Julie Su, the deputy labor secretary, to succeed Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, who has said…
San Diego County: Janitorial Companies Must Protect Workers’ Rights or Lose Contracts
From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: In a win for county office janitors whose labor dispute has pulled in the Board of Supervisors, San Diego County will ask its janitorial contractors…
Apple Executives Violated Worker Rights, US Labor Officials Say
From today’s Bloomberg News: Comments by Apple Inc. executives and policies imposed on employees have been deemed illegal by US National Labor Relations Board prosecutors, who say they violate workers’ rights. The…
California’s Fast-Food Workers’ Rights Bill on Hold until 2024 Ballot
From today’s San Jose Mercury News: A bill that would boost wages and promises to improve working conditions for California’s fast-food workers has been put on hold until the November…
Thousands of Workers at 15 U.S. Airports Plan Rallies and Strikes for Better Working Conditions
From today’s NBC News: Airport workers across the country are rallying and walking off the job Thursday to draw attention to their current working conditions and legislation that could improve…
Some Rail Workers Claim Biden “Turned His Back On Us” To Avery Rail Strike
From today’s NPR News: Matthew Weaver was excited earlier this week — even optimistic — as he and a coworker hung drywall at a rail yard in Lordstown, Ohio. The…
Strike by U.C. Academic Workers Continues Into a Second Week
From today’s New York Times: Hundreds of academic workers chanting “Shut it down” and “We’ve got the power” marched through U.C. San Diego’s seaside campus on Monday as one of…
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Bill Expanding Undocumented Farm Workers’ Rights Gets Boost in Colorado
From today’s Denver Post: Lulu Guerrero wakes up at her home in Wiggins, sometimes as early as 3 a.m., to get out to the farm fields that spread across Weld…