by Justin | Dec 31, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Department of Labor, NLRB
This post will be comprised of three parts: (1) what is a Joy Silk bargaining order; (2) how did NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co. water down the bargaining order remedy; and (3) why did this shift in the remedy matter for our national labor policy. I hope it will become…
by Justin | Dec 30, 2020 | Department of Labor, President Joseph Biden
Joe Biden‘s transition team faces an increasingly difficult decision in its hunt for labor secretary, as it weighs what’s come down to a contest between Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and California Labor Secretary Julie Su. The president-elect is under mounting pressure…
by Justin | Nov 25, 2020 | Department of Labor, President Joseph Biden
Organized labor’s divide over at least three White men they’re promoting for Joe Biden‘s selection as labor secretary has vaulted another candidate with a lower national profile, California Labor Secretary Julie Su, into stronger contention for the job. The…
by Justin | Nov 13, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Department of Labor
The United Auto Workers endorsed Michigan Representative Andy Levin to serve as President-elect Joe Biden’s labor secretary. Elections officials said the Nov. 3 election was the most secure in history. And Georgia’s secretary of state begins Covid quarantine. Read the…
by Justin | Oct 9, 2020 | Department of Labor, UAW Corruption Scandal
The purpose of this rulemaking is to allow members to stay better informed of their union’s financial conditions and operations. Increasing union financial transparency better enables members to more meaningfully and effectively participate in the democratic…
by Justin | Oct 7, 2020 | Department of Labor
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) maintains a list of goods and their source countries which it has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor in violation of international standards, as required under the Trafficking Victims…
