LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Top Stories: Chevron reversal's NLRB impact; UAW's Fain under investigation; NEA's lockout of union staffers; Washington legislators' aides unionize; Companies investing in AI robots & more...
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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
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[There are 61 total articles, including job postings, in today’s News Digest and 39,383 items posted since LaborUnionNews.com was launched in 2022.]
Chevron Casts Shadow on NLRB Top Lawyer Firing Case
The Fifth Circuit had backed Biden’s authority to sack NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb on Inauguration Day 2021, but that’s not the part of the appeals court decision that’s affected by the end of Chevron deference.
UAW monitor investigating whether Fain demanded benefits for fiancée
The United Auto Workers court-appointed monitor is investigating allegations that UAW President Shawn Fain and his team demanded that a subordinate take action to benefit the president's fiancée and her sister, according to a Monday filing that provided new details about ongoing investigations by the watchdog.
WSJ: Allegedly made demands to benefit his domestic partner and her sister…
HuffPost: Teachers Union Locks Out Its Staffers Following 3-Day Strike
The largest union in the country has locked its own workers out of their jobs after they went on strike for three days, escalating an ugly contract dispute that has already involved the White House.
Union votes herald a new era for workers in Washington Legislature
The stage is set for the first-ever contract negotiations between Washington state lawmakers and some of their most trusted employees. Democratic staff in the state House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to unionize Monday, joining their Republican peers in both chambers who elected to form bargaining units last month.
Meet the AI-powered robots that Big Tech thinks can solve a global labor shortage
AI-powered robots are popping up across Silicon Valley. If some industry experts are right, they could help solve a global labor shortage.
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