Today’s News & Commentary — October 16, 2019
Yesterday’s Democratic debate featured the 12 remaining candidates onstage in Ohio, debating topics from impeachment to income inequality. Some labor-related highlights included Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
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At The New York Times, Noam Scheiber asks why there are so many workers on strike despite signs of a robust economy. He then explains that it is precisely because the economy is strong that employees...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — October 25, 2019
Happy Friday! I’ll start by highlighting two labor and employment writing competitions for law students that are now accepting submissions. First, the Institute for Law and the Workplace at...
View ArticleWeekend News & Commentary— October 27, 2019
The 40-day UAW strike came to an end of Friday, as workers approved a 4-year deal by 57.2%. The contract includes major wins for workers. In addition to promised raises and performance bonuses, it...
View ArticleWeekend News & Commentary—November 3, 2019
On Friday, UAW leadership voted to recommend ratification of a proposed contract agreement with Ford. The proposed agreement, finalized on Wednesday, would provide union workers with pay increases and...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — November 21, 2019
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Gary Jones resigned yesterday after the union’s executive board announced it would commence removal proceedings against Jones and another UAW official, Vance...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — November 27, 2019
It’s a big news week for Amazon. First, the New York Times published a feature on the grassroots alliance developing against the company. Athena, a new coalition made up of three dozen grassroots...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — November 28, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving! Here at OnLabor, we are thankful for the workers who grow our food, transport our loved ones, and do the innumerable other things that make our celebrations possible. We are also...
View ArticleWeekend News & Commentary — December 1, 2019
Fiat Chrysler and UAW have reached a tentative deal on a new labor contract. Fiat Chrysler has agreed to add $4.5 billion in investments, which should provide 7,900 jobs over the course of four years....
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — December 12, 2019
After months of bipartisan haggling, the House has passed one of the largest military-spending bills in history. Included in the $738 billion-dollar package are a 3% pay increase for military...
View ArticleRespecting the Right to Strike at Harvard
According to the Crimson, Harvard has circulated an email advising departments seeking to hire spring teaching fellows (and other student workers) to include certain language in job postings and offer...
View ArticleWeekend News & Commentary — February 8-9, 2020
Yesterday John Myers at the Los Angeles Times profiled Lorena Gonzalez, the tenacious California assembly member behind AB5. The profile follows an almost-certain court victory for the pioneering law,...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — February 11, 2020
In a budget request released yesterday, the Trump Administration proposed to slash Department of Labor spending by 11% in fiscal year 2021. The National Labor Relations Board’s budget would be reduced...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — Feb. 20, 2020
Last month, the WNBA signed a new tentative bargaining agreement with the Women’s National Basketball Players Association. As Teen Vogue explains, proponents hope that the agreement will improve the...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary—March 6, 2020
An op-ed in the New York Times reports that the value of women’s unpaid labor across the world last year was $10.9 trillion. This estimate comes from a recent report by Oxfam, which calculates how much...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary—July 14, 2020
The twin crises of the day, the coronavirus pandemic and the continued systemic oppression of black and indigenous people of color, have energized a union drive in an unlikely place: the sparsely...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — September 29, 2020
On Sunday, September 27, the Little Rock Education Association announced that its member teachers would not be showing up for in-person classes and would instead be switching to virtual learning. The...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary—November 12, 2020
Unemployment claims dropped but held steady overall this past week, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. Around 709,000 Americans filed first-time claims within the past seven...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary — December 15, 2020
As India’s massive farmers’ strike reaches its 20th day, the leaders of farmers’ unions escalated their protests yesterday by holding a day long hunger strike. The strike has been notable for not only...
View ArticleToday’s News & Commentary—July 14, 2020
The twin crises of the day, the coronavirus pandemic and the continued systemic oppression of black and indigenous people of color, have energized a union drive in an unlikely place: the sparsely...
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