All Items: Labor Relations

Activision Employees Stage Walkout for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights Protection

Date:

July 27, 2022

Possibly foretelling a trend in protected labor protests following the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Activision Blizzard workers walked off the job recently to pressure the game design company to end gender inequity.
Connecticut Bans "Captive Audience" Meetings

Date:

May 24, 2022

Employers in Connecticut cannot compel employees to attend mandatory meetings held to dissuade employees from joining a union, effective July 1.
US Soccer's Historic Equal Pay Deal Takes on Gender Pay Gap

Date:

May 20, 2022

A member of the US women's soccer bargaining team spoke of this first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreement "setting a new value for women in the workforce."
Amazon Wins Union Election at Second NYC Warehouse

Date:

May 3, 2022

Amazon fought off a unionizing drive by the Amazon Labor Union at a second New York City warehouse, winning by a vote of 618 to 380.
NLRB Considers Limiting Employer Speech Options as Union Elections Surge

Date:

April 12, 2022

Mandatory meetings during a unionizing campaign, in which employers explain why they think employees should not join a union, should be declared unlawful, according to the NLRB General Council.
NY Warehouse Workers First to Win Union Drive at Amazon, Other Elections Pending

Date:

April 4, 2022

An independent grass-roots union has become the first to successfully unionize an Amazon workplace in the US, winning by more than 500 votes.
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to Be First Black Woman on Supreme Court

Date:

February 25, 2022

President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, to be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, it would also mark the first time four of the nine justices have been women.
Wrongful Termination Nets UConn Basketball Coach $11 Million Award

Date:

January 28, 2022

An arbitrator has awarded a former University of Connecticut (UConn) basketball coach over $11 million after finding that the school wrongfully terminated him.
EEOC, NLRB and DOL Join Forces to Counter Workplace Retaliation

Date:

November 12, 2021

The US Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board have announced a joint effort to raise awareness about workplace retaliation issues.
Employers May Soon Face Tougher Sanctions for NLRA Violations

Date:

September 20, 2021

Employers charged with violating the National Labor Relations Act may soon face tough new remedies in both settlement agreements and board rulings, following two memos issued by the NLRB General Counsel.

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Activision Employees Stage Walkout for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights Protection

Connecticut Bans "Captive Audience" Meetings

US Soccer's Historic Equal Pay Deal Takes on Gender Pay Gap

Amazon Wins Union Election at Second NYC Warehouse

NLRB Considers Limiting Employer Speech Options as Union Elections Surge

NY Warehouse Workers First to Win Union Drive at Amazon, Other Elections Pending

Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to Be First Black Woman on Supreme Court

Wrongful Termination Nets UConn Basketball Coach $11 Million Award

EEOC, NLRB and DOL Join Forces to Counter Workplace Retaliation

Employers May Soon Face Tougher Sanctions for NLRA Violations

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