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AI Roundtable

Written Testimony, Subcommittee Hearing on “Building an AI-Ready America: Adopting AI at Work,”Bradford J. Kelley, February 3, 2026

THE SOUND AND FURY OF REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE WORKPLACE,, Bradford J. Kelley and Andrew B. Rogers, Harvard Journal on Legislation Online,December 2025

Meta employees sue over use of AI in workforce reduction, Carly Nairn, Courthouse News Service, July 13, 2026

NLRB Roundtable

Labor Board Must Fix Blocking Charges to Protect Employee Choice, Marvin Kaplan, Bloomberg Law, June 17, 2026

House Passes Bill to Reshape First Union Contract Negotiations: What Employers Need to Know About the Faster Labor Contracts Act, Steven M. Bernstein, David R. Dorey, Benjamin M. Ebbink, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, June 10, 2026

Employers May Soon Face a Hard Deadline on First Union Contracts: What You Need to Know about Faster Labor Contracts Act, Steven M. Bernstein, Rick Grimaldi, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, May 26, 2026

The NLRB Will Soon Have Its Third Republican Vote: Here Are the 8 Cases Most Likely to Change the Face of Labor Law, David R. Dorey, Benjamin M. Ebbink, and Joshua D. Nadreau,April 15, 2026

Washington Joins States Expanding Into NLRB Territory With New “Trigger” Labor Law: What Employers Need to Know, Steven M. Bernstein, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, May 26, 2026

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Biden-Era Bargaining-Order Framework, But Employers Should Not Relax During Organizing Drives, Joshua D. Nadreau, March 12, 2026

DOL General Counsel Directs Enforcement Away From Unionized Workplaces, Vows Max Compliance Assistance, Steven M. Bernstein and Todd A. Lyon, March 11, 2026

Is the Law on Handbooks Changing Again? 5 Steps for Employers After NLRB General Counsel’s New Guidance on Work Rules,Brian Balonick, March 5, 2026

Labor Board Makes Business-Friendly Joint Employer Rule Official Again: Key Takeaways for Business Leaders,Steven M. Bernstein, March 2, 2026

FP’s Top 2026 Predictions for Labor Relations,Steven M. Bernstein, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, Jan. 8, 2026

The State of Labor Relations in the Country

Opposition to the Faster Labor Contracts Act – H.R. 5408, G. Roger King and Alex MacDonald, May 27, 2025

SECTORAL SOLUTIONS THAT WORK: THE CASE FOR SECTORAL CO-REGULATION, Cynthia Estlund, Dec. 12, 2023

The Future of Unions Is Activism,Alan Wild, CHRO Association

What’s Happening at the Department of Labor

Developments & Report From the EEOC

Current Workplace Climate and Evolving Worker Expectations

State-Level Labor Policy Developments and Innovation for Worker Rights

Politics, Preemption, and Minimum Labor Standards: The Union-Led Erosion of the National Labor Relations Act, William and Mary Law Review, Alexander T. MacDonald, April 22, 2026

ARTICLE XX AND THE COMPETITION PROBLEM: HOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COULD REVIVE THE LABOR MOVEMENT BY SUING THE AFL-CIO,  Alexander MacDonald, Hofstra Law Review, 2025

Bipartisan and Republican-Led Coalitions Advance Fair Contracting Policies on Public Construction Projects, Jazmine Amoako and Karla Walter, Center for American Progress, June 24, 2026

Getting to all-of-the-above: A framework of solutions for AI’s coming impacts on work and workers, Xav de Sousa Briggs, Brookings, June 29, 2026

Breaking AI’s Black Box, Andy Stern and Ron Bloom, Commonplace, June 9, 2026

State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series, Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, March 18, 2026

Building Worker Power in Cities & States, CLJE:Lab, Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, Sept. 1, 2024

The Washington Policy Environment - Elections and Labor & Employment Issues

Opposition to the Faster Labor Contracts Act – H.R. 5408, G. Roger King and Alex MacDonald, May 27, 2025

LABOR FORCE SNAPSHOT: OLDER PEOPLE IN THE U.S. LABOR FORCE, SHRM Data Brief

LABOR FORCE SNAPSHOT: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE U.S. LABOR FORCE, SHRM Data Brief

International Labor and Employment Law Developments

RIGHT TO STRIKE UNDER ILO CONVENTION NO. 87, ICJ Advisory Opinion

Right to strike protected under key labour treaty, says UN World Court, Vibhu Mishra, UN News, May 21, 2026

Separate Declaration by Judge Cleveland, concurring in ICJ decision (Judge Cleveland is the US member of ICJ)

The Internationalization of Sources of Labor Law, James J. Brudney, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 2017

Hiding in Plain Sight: An ILO Convention on Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains, James J. Brudney, Chicago Journal of International Law: Vol. 23: No. 2, Article 1

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF WORKPLACE NEUTRALS

The ILO Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention, Valerio De Stefano, July 19, 2026

Making Gig Work Pay: ILO Convention 193 and Remuneration, Ruwan Subasinghe, July 6, 2026

How will the new convention n°193 promote decent work in the platform economy?, International Labour Organization, June 18, 2026

A View from the Board

Labor Board Must Fix Blocking Charges to Protect Employee Choice, Marvin Kaplan, Bloomberg Law, June 17, 2026

NOTABLE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DECISIONS ISSUED DURING 2026

Worker Classification Issues and the Evolving “Platform Environment” and other “Gigs”

Bringing Portable Benefits to America’s Independent Workforce: Overview, Liya Palagashvili,Mercatus Center, George Mason University, August 20, 2025

Flexible Benefits for a Flexible Workforce: Unleashing Portable Benefits Solutions for Independent Workers and the Gig Economy, Liya Palagashvili, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, February 3, 2023