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Trump Repealing the New Deal
On Monday the Supreme Court released a 5-4 decision that expanded who is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) rule on Overtime. While the case is important, it was a fairly...
"You're basically arguing to do away with unions"
On Monday, lawyers from both sides sparred with judges over whether or not a public employee should be forced to pay for representation that he doesn’t agree with. Mark Janus, a 65 year old...
How Janus Could Backfire on Trump and the Right
In the coming months, the United States Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments and rule upon a case that could mean nationwide “right-to-work” for all public sector workers. Union...
My Letter to Ruth
On July 10th, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called out presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. In an interview with the New York Times, Ginsburg said “I can...
Three big issues, one trifling idiot
Friedrichs, wage theft and protecting home health aides are the words of the day coming out of Washington D.C. With the Supreme Court ending their session on Tuesday, they were forced to look at...
Fighting Freeloaders 24/7 365
This week, two cases that could determine the future of workers to freeload off of their union made headlines. In one, a decision came down in a case involving home health aides in Minnesota....
Court rejects two appeals
This article first appeared on Reuters. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected two corporate challenges in class action cases, refusing to hear bids by Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) and Wells...
Go Home Becky Friedrichs
In an expected 4-4 decision the Supreme Court has failed to reach a majority in the Friedrichs V. California Teachers Association (CTA) case. The case, which threaten the rights of public...
Who is this old white guy?
On March 16th President Obama kicked off what is sure to be the biggest fight of his contentious Presidency by nominating Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. As UCOMM Blog previously reported...
While they mourn Scalia, labor needs to step it up
When it happened and the news broke, we at UCOMM asked ourselves if organized labor was granted a gift from God? Do we gloat? Is chatting this up too quickly depict poor taste? After 24 hours, every...