Author: Phillip Wilson

Heads up on a new labor blog

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Oct 2, 2004 | News

Here is a new blog published by labor law professors. It is only a couple of days old but it looks like it will have some promising posts for labor law geeks (like me).

Minimum wage and unemployment

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Oct 2, 2004 | News

The state of Washington will have the nation’s highest minimum wage ($7.35 per hour) in January. Interestingly, Washington also has one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates at 6.2% (that national average is...

UPDATE – Can you say lockout?

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Oct 1, 2004 | Uncategorized

San Francisco hotels locked out striking hotel employees. Interestingly, in a full-page ad taken out by the hotels today they claim that the only real sticking point in the negotiations is the length of the contract. UNITE HERE...

Knock, knock…truth squad

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 30, 2004 | Uncategorized

Don’t open your door when the “truth squad” comes knocking. A Teamsters truth squad – that’s rich. Now THIS is a truth squad. In the interest of being “fair and balanced” THIS is another...