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A federal judge issued a permanent injunction on July 20, 2026, barring New York State from enforcing a 2025 law that expanded the state labor board's authority over private-sector workplace disputes, ruling that federal law grants the National Labor Relations Board exclusive jurisdiction over such
WestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 8125 reached a tentative labor agreement at 4:15 a.m. Mountain time Monday, ending a strike by the airline's flight attendants that had suspended WestJet's 737 and 787 operations since just after midnight Sunday, according to Global News.
Uber and organized labor testified in mid-July before the Washington, D.C. Council in opposition to rapid autonomous vehicle deployment, forming an unlikely alliance in a city where 35,000 gig drivers make up 9% of the workforce, according to CNBC.
Attending physicians at the University of California health system launched a union organizing campaign on July 31 that organizers describe as the largest effort among attending doctors in the United States, according to an announcement reported by The Daily Californian.
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Home Office must explicitly state which legal provision an employer violated when issuing civil penalties for right-to-work breaches, overturning a £15,000 fine against Akbar's Restaurants after justices found the penalty notice invalid.
The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union submitted recommendations to the state Transport Department on July 28 calling for a 60% minimum fare share for drivers, mandatory health insurance of ₹5 lakh per worker, and protection from account deactivations in the proposed Motor Vehicles Aggregator
Deputies detained ten striking workers and declared an unlawful assembly at the C&H Sugar refinery in Crockett, California on Tuesday after two motorists drove through a picket line, injuring two union members, according to ABC7 San Francisco.
The Alphabet Workers Union delivered a 4,500-signature job security petition to Google executives last week, capping a year in which union actions at Alphabet doubled from 2024 levels, according to The Guardian.
Roughly 1,500 utility workers at PECO Energy ratified a new five-year union contract on Saturday with 97% approval, securing annual raises of up to 4.5% and pension coverage for all employees after a three-day strike earlier this month, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced the Living Wage for All Act, a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $25 per hour while eliminating the tip credit that allows restaurants to pay tipped workers below the statutory minimum wage, according to Reason.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi declared workplace safety "fundamental to increasing women's participation in the workforce" at a National Commission for Women event in New Delhi on Friday, according to The Economic Times.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a proposed rule in April 2026 to eliminate the November 2036 compliance deadline for ladder safety systems in response to a petition from oil, gas, and chemical industry trade groups claiming over $3 billion in retrofit costs, according to The
