Workers' Rights Briefing
November 2021
The Institute to Co-Sponsor Symposium with the American University Washington College of the Law's Journal of Gender, Social Policy & Law
The Institute is excited to partner with the American University Washington College of the Law Journal of Gender, Social Policy & Law for the upcoming virtual symposium “Enhancing Anti-Discrimination Laws In Employment & Education.”
 
The symposium's central question will focus on: What changes are needed in the law to increase equity and diversity in our workplaces and educational institutions?
 
Leading legal thinkers will explore the key changes necessary for the law to be more responsive to those facing historical and structural subordination, current implicit biases, and other forms of oppression, both blatant and nuanced. These forces are obstacles to true equity. Despite decades of effort, anti-discrimination law as it currently functions does not serve the best interests of workers and students.

There is no cost to attend this virtual symposium.
 
Approval of continuing legal education credits are pending in CA, GA, IL, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, and VA.
 
In The News
Workers at the Kellogg cereal factories across the country have been on strike since October October 5th following a dispute about wages, benefits, and extending working hours.
More Americans quit their jobs this fall than ever. Years of stagnant pay in a more expensive pandemic economy have contributed to people leaving their jobs.
10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union have been on strike against John Deere since October 14th after 90% of its membership rejected a new six-year contract.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees reached a deal with film and television studios that guarantees a minimum of 54 hours of rest on weekends and 10 hours between leaving the set and being required to return.
Thousands of workers across the country have opted to get fired instead of taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
The largest NYPD Union sued New York City over a vaccine mandate for all municipal workers.
Workers' Rights By The Numbers
4.3 Million
The number of Americans who quit their jobs in August 2021.
47
Number of locations across the country with an active strike happening since the
beginning of October.
In The Courts
United Airlines asked a federal magistrate to grant its summary judgment in a dispute with pilots and flight attendants over a violation of a "no borrowing rule" in their collective bargaining agreement. See Charles Ward et al. v. United Airlines Inc.
D.C. Circuit judges are considering whether transferring an employee based on their race or gender violates Title VII. See Mary E. Chambers v. District of Columbia in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The Workers' Rights Briefing is a monthly newsletter designed to help keep you up-to-date on breaking news and emerging trends impacting America's workers. From the growth of forced arbitration of employment disputes, to employee misclassification, to stories of wage theft and workplace discrimination, the Workers' Rights Briefing reports on employment law and policy developments from the federal government to state legislatures to the courtroom and everywhere in between. Our goal is to provide you with a digestible snapshot of the events shaping employment law and policy, so that you can be kept abreast of the most important issues facing today's workers.
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