LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Top Stories: Court to decide Uber & Lyft's fate in California; Sierra Club lays off; US Steel merger postponed; NLRB & OSHA working together and 54 more articles below the fold...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
Here are today’s Top Stories…
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California Court to Weigh Fate of Law Treating App-Based Drivers as Contractors
California's top state court on Tuesday will consider a labor union's challenge to a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent contractors rather than as employees with more benefits.
More layoffs at Sierra Club
The Sierra Club announced more employee layoffs Monday, marking the second round of staff cuts in just over a year at the green group beset by budget woes and infighting between management and its staff union.
U.S. Steel merger postponed to December as USW accuses Nippon of ‘empty promises’
United Steelworkers (USW) fired more shots at Nippon Steel after U.S. Steel (USS) stockholders approved the controversial sale, even as the merger is delayed.
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NLRB & OSHA: A Joint Effort to Keep Workers Safe
The Biden Administration is trying to make it easier for employees to voice their health and safety concerns on the job. To that end, two agencies that oversee workplace safety and health will be working more closely together—creating potential implications for employers.
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