2019 Stop & Shop strikeW
2019 Stop & Shop strike

The 2019 Stop & Shop strike began on April 11, 2019 when approximately 31,000 workers, represented by United Food and Commercial Workers, walked off the job and began picketing Stop & Shop locations across New England, in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The strike was in response to the company not agreeing after extensive negotiations to a contract which did not reduce employee pay and benefits. The strike ended eleven days later on April 21.

Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. ConnallyW
Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. Connally

Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. Connally, 337 F. Supp. 737, is a court case decided by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia relating to the limits of the nondelegation doctrine. The district court upheld the delegation of legislative power to the executive branch that was contained in the Economic Stabilization Act. Even though the Act gave a broad grant of legislative power, the court reasoned that discretion of the executive branch would be limited by:The "broad equity standard inherent in a stabilization program" The practice of "self-narrowing." Specifically, the court believed that once the executive branch developed standards for exercising its discretion, it would be bound by those standards it had previously set.

American Dream (film)W
American Dream (film)

American Dream is a 1990 British-American cinéma vérité documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple and co-directed by Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, and Lawrence Silk.

Cuddy Chicks Ltd v Ontario (Labour Relations Board)W
Cuddy Chicks Ltd v Ontario (Labour Relations Board)

Cuddy Chicks Ltd v Ontario , [1991] 2 SCR 5 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the jurisdiction tribunals to hear constitutional challenges of the tribunal's enabling statute.

Dunmore v Ontario (AG)W
Dunmore v Ontario (AG)

Dunmore v Ontario (AG), 2001 SCC 94 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutional right to freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter"). The Court held that the lack of a positive framework that protected farm workers from employer reprisals for exercising their associational rights under the Charter constituted a "substantial interference" of their right to freedom of association. The Ontario government responded with the Agricultural Employees Protection Act, which extended only to agricultural workers and prohibited employer reprisals against employees exercising their rights under section 2(d) of the Charter.

International Fur & Leather Workers UnionW
International Fur & Leather Workers Union

The International Fur and Leather Workers Union (IFLWU), was a labor union that represented workers in the fur and leather trades.

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store UnionW
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services, and distribution.

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 558 v Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) LtdW
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 558 v Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 558 v Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd, 2002 SCC 8, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on secondary picketing. The Court held that at common law, secondary picketing is legal so long as there is no criminal or tortious conduct.

Swift raidsW
Swift raids

The 2006 Swift raids were a coordinated effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and deport people who are undocumented.

UFCW Local 832W
UFCW Local 832

The UFCW Local 832 is a local union of the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

United Garment Workers of AmericaW
United Garment Workers of America

The United Garment Workers of America was a United States labor union which existed between 1891 and 1994. It was an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor.