Hawley Calls for a “Pro-Worker Framework”

Republican Senator Josh Hawley has circulated a document titled “A Pro-Worker Framework for the 119th Congress.” The document, available on Punchbowl News, lays out a set of proposals for labor law reform. The proposals, couched in broad terms and not in legislative language, include: requiring employers to post notices of NLRA rights and to affirmatively […]

How Trump Could Disable the NLRB

It is difficult to predict what a second Trump administration may augur for the broader political economy, yet at least one thing is almost certain: in the near future—perhaps sooner than anticipated—Donald Trump’s appointees will recapture control of the National Labor Relations Board. There is little doubt the corporate attorneys Trump is all but guaranteed […]

Proving What Happened Behind Closed Doors

Somehow, we have reached a point where it is conceivable that the Supreme Court might discover after 90 years that the structure of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unconstitutional.  But, while the NLRB faces this existential threat, other judges are using traditional tools to make it harder for workers to obtain justice.  One […]

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