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- While Senator Bernie Sanders is unlikely to ask certain questions during this week’s Senate HELP Committee hearings on labor laws, other members of the committee may step up to ask these vitals questions.On February 23, a judge in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s request for a nationwide cease-and-desist order against Starbucks.The NLRB and its General Counsel are trying to compel employers to engage in certain speech.Workers United, the same union that has launched campaigns to try and organize at Starbucks, is now trying to organize a Tesla facility in New York.For the first time, a USMCA labor complaint has been levied against the same facility twice.California businesses need Governor Gavin Newsom to take action to restore the unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund.100 business groups request a comment extension on the FTC's notice of proposed rulemaking potentially banning noncompete clauses in employment contracts.The U.S. Department of Labor’s union membership report for 2022 showed that union membership as a percentage of the workforce declined to 10.1%, the lowest on record.Media outlets gushed over a purported surge in unionization in 2022, however, new data further illustrates why that is just not the case.
