On Labor Day, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act), which authorized the California Department of Industrial Relations to create a
Continue Reading Not so FAST: FAST Recovery Act on Pause Until 2024 VoteThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it was exercising its authority under federal law to rule that California’s meal and rest break laws are preempted and
Continue Reading Carriers Benefit as FMCSA Preempts California’s Meal & Rest Break Laws
Since my last post on February 19, 2015 on the pending request for injunction filed by two Hotel Associations to stop implementation of the Los Angeles Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance
Continue Reading Fight To Halt The Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance Continues
In keeping with its clear pro-union agenda, late last year, the NLRB overruled its past precedent and held that employers who grant employees access to their email systems must now
Continue Reading NLRB Says Employer Email Can Be Used for Organizing
Two hotel trade groups have filed a lawsuit to challenge the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (Ordinance), passed by the City Council in October, and slated to raise the
Continue Reading Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Los Angeles Hotel Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance
The Los Angeles City Council voted last week to raise the minimum wage for Los Angeles area hotels to $15.37 per hour. The minimum wage will increase for hotels with
Continue Reading Union Agenda Behind Minimum Wage Increase for Los Angeles Hotels
What’s missing from the rash of news reports and blog posts about the NLRB’s ruling allowing scholarship football players at Northwestern to vote on whether to join a union is
Continue Reading Why Would College Athletes Want To Be Union Anyway?
In honor of Labor Day, I wanted to devote this blog post to a recent flurry of pro-union activity. While these are federal law labor law issues, they will most
Continue Reading A Flurry of Pro-Union Activity for Labor Day