18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (394+ words) Finlay Adamson is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s news and commentary, documents released on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks show that city officials encouraged workers to return to Ground Zero despite knowing the risks of asbestos exposure,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (425+ words) Ryan Zhang is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab. In today’s News and Commentary, former Wynn employees bring organizing-related charges, four New York workers challenge Amazon’s pregnancy-accommodation system, and new data…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (379+ words) James Blanchfield is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s News and Commentary, workers and unions across America celebrate Labor Day, California’s SEIU Local 1000 prepares for a strike authorization vote, and New York City creates the Office of Worker…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (347+ words) Melinda Meng is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s News and Commentary, the Eighth Circuit vacates a DOL order for violating a company’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and more than 1,300 workers at the Encore Boston…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (344+ words) Maya Levkovitz is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s News and Commentary, Encore Boston Harbor casino workers begin to strike, President Trump commutes the sentence of a former Philadelphia IBEW leader, and a Durham labor activist ends his…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) Ethan Story is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s news and commentary, workers at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Public Library ratify new contracts, while the New York State AFL-CIO endorses candidates for the upcoming midterm…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (357+ words) Finlay Adamson is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s news and commentary, Seattle teachers vote to authorize a strike days before the school year begins; BNSF Railway’s AI dispatching system puts workers in danger; and a California court…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (338+ words) Ryan Zhang is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab. Trump administration proposes $103,000 H-1B visa fee after court blocks earlier attempt; Illinois governor signs law enabling state investment in AFL-CIO housing trust; Deloitte…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (344+ words) Maya Levkovitz is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s News and Commentary, Hyundai Motors workers launch a full-day strike and a federal judge rules in favor of a Vermont dairy plant in a closure dispute. Hyundai Motors workers…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (331+ words) Elias Decker is a student at Harvard Law School. In today’s news and commentary, Tyson workers respond to abrupt plant shutdown and DOL ends its power to police federal contractor bias. Unions sue the government over new visa rule; Judge…...