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The jobs outlook keeps getting worse, the NLRB only has 2 members, TV is slowly coming back (with the right contract), it’s not a great time to be looking for a legal legal job (which is super), and the Supreme Court* decided that 401(k) participants were actually entitled to their [...]

UAW ends strike at International Truck, drops ULP charges. No, we’re not taking the heat for this one – the UAW strikes at bright lights & loud noises these days. No one with a life could keep up. [AP]

Scandal over illegal workers and clashes with unions over Social Security overhaul ousts government’s head of labor. [...]

The “September Steamroll” has left unions feeling like the NLRB doesn’t understand its own job, and makes Tim think about the new Supreme Court roster.

If you’re interested at all in the writer’s strike, check out United Hollywood, an unofficial blog started by some of the strike captains. There’s information about the strike, photos of famous people and comments from strikers on how things are going. Our current favorite:
CHELSEA PIERS, NYC: All Jacked Up“One guy from our group [...]

Here’s some randoms on the Writer’s Guild of America Strike, Day 3:
Entertainment Lawyers can’t get off the phone, according to the ABA.
Apparently no one remembers the last writer’s strike, so none of the writers know what they can and can’t do. The WGA told writer-directors (aka show runners) that they couldn’t do any “writing [...]