A Job With a Fair Salary? What Pay Transparency Laws Are Revealing
From today’s New York Times: Last December, Yun Yati Naing began searching for the job she would begin after graduating from Baruch College in New York City. It was one…
SoCal Hotel Workers Authorize Strike If Deal Is Not Reached For Pay And Benefits
From today’s CNN News: The largest hospitality union in Southern California has approved a strike for more than 15,000 workers that could begin in early July if an agreement isn’t…
Hollywood Actors Guild Votes To Authorize Strike, As Writers Strike Continues
From today’s ABC News: Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted Monday evening to authorize a strike if they don’t agree on a new contract with major studios, streamers…
Why A Job Is Not A Calling
From today’s New York Times: Last month, in an interview about Warner Bros. Discovery’s $50 million streaming profit in the first quarter of 2023, the company’s chief executive, David Zaslav,…
Trader Joe’s Violated Worker Rights At Store That Unionized
From today’s HuffPost: Trader Joe’s may have run afoul of the law at a store in Minnesota where workers unionized last year. The grocery chain’s management illegally removed union literature…
MN Governor Vetos Gig Worker Bill After Warning From Uber
From today’s The Hill: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) vetoed a bill that would have required a pay raise for ride-booking drivers after Uber threatened to stop its services in…
Workers’ Rights Groups Protest Restaurant Industry Convention in Chicago
From today’s New York Times: Protesters and two alderpersons rallied outside the National Restaurant Association’s convention at McCormick Place Monday, demanding the City Council raise tipped workers’ minimum pay while…
These Companies Are Taking a Harder Line on Union Organizers
From today’s New York Times: After working for more than seven years at an Apple store in Kansas City, Mo., Gemma Wyatt ran into trouble. Last year, she said, managers…
Michigan Democrats Pass Law Protecting Abortion Rights of Workers
From today’s AP News: Michigan Democrats continued efforts to protect abortion rights Wednesday as the state Legislature advanced a bill that would outlaw companies from retaliating against employees for receiving…
Oakland Teachers Strike As Contract Talks Stall
From today’s CNN News: Public school educators in Oakland, California, are set to go on strike Thursday morning after contract negotiations between the district and the educators’ union failed to…