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In today’s news and commentary, 26 Meta employees sue the company alleging it used artificial intelligence to target workers on paid leave for layoffs, a trade union representing Canadian railway workers denounce Canadian National Railway for continuing service through active wildfire zones, and one in five games during the FIFA World Cup were played in heat and humidity conditions that the players’ union FIFPRO argued should trigger suspension or postponement of games.

In today’s news and commentary, Trump’s NLRB nominee is set for a Senate vote, a federal district court grants a partial win on WARN Act claims, and Brigham and Women’s nurses return to work. Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted along party lines to advance President Trump’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominee, James Macy, to a Senate floor confirmation vote.

In today’s News and Commentary, U.S. labor productivity is climbing at its fastest pace in decades; a federal judge grants a preliminary injunction to anti-abortion groups challenging Michigan’s civil rights law; and Jackson, Mississippi’s bus workers walk off the job. American workers are more productive than ever.

In today’s News and Commentary, The New York Times files a retaliation suit against the EEOC, the US government pushes back the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, and a federal judge grants a preliminary injunction to two disabled federal workers seeking reasonable telework accommodations.

In today’s News and Commentary, postal workers demand an investigation into conditions at an Atlanta distribution center following employee deaths, and the University of Chicago Press Workers vote to unionize. The national leadership of the American Postal Workers’ Union has called for an investigation into the emergency preparation conditions at an Atlanta distribution center.

In today’s news and commentary, Brigham and Women’s Hospital locks out 4,000 nurses after one-day strike, and appeal filed challenging agency-shop agreements. After a one-day strike on Wednesday July 8th, Brigham and Women’s Hospital has locked out over 4,000 nurses organized with the Massachusetts Nurses Association. In mid-June, 99.6% of the nurses voted to authorize the strike, the largest such vote in Massachusetts history.

In today’s news and commentary, a New York hospital must pay out $275,000 to its nurses’ union, unions sue the Department of Defense for an unlawful memorandum directing the termination of union contracts, and New York City announces a settlement with several companies for violating fair work-week laws. On Tuesday, the Second Circuit declined to vacate a staffing dispute arbitration award that means the New York and Presbyterian Hospital must pay out $275,000 to its nurses union.

In today’s news and commentary, DOL plans to make changes to the PERM immigration program, a three-day hearing on proposed forced-labor tariffs is underway, and Mayor Mamdani recovers $2.3M in corporate settlements for violations of NYC worker protection laws. Last week, the Trump Administration released its 2026 Regulatory Plan which includes comprehensive regulatory agendas for entities throughout the federal government.

In today’s news and commentary, a former EEOC Commissioner drops her wrongful termination lawsuit following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Presidential removal power, and unions sue the Department of Defense over the cancellation of collective bargaining agreements. On Monday, former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels dismissed her lawsuit challenging her firing by President Trump, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v.

In today’s news and commentary, home health aides secure preliminary approval on a historic settlement and the NLRB upholds a finding that Amazon violated federal labor law. On Wednesday of last week, US Magistrate Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi preliminarily approved a settlement between New York home health aides and fiscal intermediary Public Partnerships regarding a wage theft class action lawsuit filed in April of 2025.