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DOL’s Su Plans Focused Enforcement Approach Amid Budget Woes

Facing budget caps and Congressional roadblocks, Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su plans to do more with less and use the agency’s enforcement funding and staff in a more calculated and targeted approach.

NLRB Ruling That Dealership Illegally Fired Union Worker Upheld

The National Labor Relations Board had enough evidence to conclude that a Chicago-area car dealership illegally fired a worker who was active in his union, a federal appeals court held.

Starbucks Illegally Fired Three Baristas, NLRB Judge Says

Starbucks Corp. must rehire three baristas who were illegally fired or forced to resign after organizing some of the first union drives at the company, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

Union Slams CFPB Head for ‘Unacceptable’ Lack of Communication

The head of a powerful federal employee union blasted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra for ignoring several communications and an offer to meet amid acrimonious negotiations for a new labor contract.

As union activity has increased, Republicans are making a play for the labor vote in the 2024 elections. A United Auto Workers (UAW) lawn sign sits on the ground near a Volkswagen automobile assembly plant on March 20 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Republicans Court Union Rank-and-File Voters With Populist Pitch

Former Rep. Mike Rogers remembers working in a car factory to put himself through college. This year the longtime Republican is leaning into his ability to connect with historically Democratic auto union workers in a competitive Senate race in Michigan.

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Professor Wins Some Covid-Based Bias Claims Over In-Person Rule

Pennsylvania’s Kutztown University violated disability discrimination law when it repeatedly denied a business professor’s requests to teach remotely as an accommodation for an eye condition that left her at greater risk from the Covid-19 virus, a federal judge ruled.

Tesla Seeks to Sink EEOC Racial Harassment, Retaliation Suit

Tesla Inc., in seeking dismissal of an US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit, argued the federal agency filed a “fact-free complaint” after a failure of an investigation into allegedly widespread racial discrimination and abusive work environment.

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Kodak’s Pension Windfall Points to $137 Billion Opportunity (1)

Inside <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-8686-d457-ad9e-dfd7d19a0001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Eastman Kodak Co., the once-iconic camera maker, a small pension investment team reaped such large gains in recent years that they windfalled themselves out of a job.

The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up?

The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?

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Case: Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (D.D.C.)

A federal court denied the District of Columbia’s motion to dismiss the race discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and § 1983 of an Afro-Latino police officer fired for alleging cheating on a sergeant’s promotional exam, finding that he sufficiently pled municipal liability. Garcia v. District of Columbia, 2024 BL 84919, D.D.C., 22-1487 (CKK), 3/14/24

Case: Discrimination/Race Discrimination (M.D. Fla.)

A Florida federal district court granted summary judgment to CSX Transportation, Inc. on a race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state law of a Black crew operations supervisor who alleged that she wasn’t reinstated upon her return from medical leave. Wilson v. CSX Transp., Inc., 2024 BL 87406, M.D. Fla., 3:21-cv-1212-TJC-PDB, 3/15/24

Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (M.D. Fla.)

A Florida federal district court denied summary judgment to United Parcel Serv., Inc. on a retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and state law of a Black package car driver who alleged that he was terminated after filing race discrimination grievances. McKnight v. UPS, 2024 BL 87403, M.D. Fla., 6:22-cv-622-PGB-RMN, 3/15/24