Today’s News & Commentary—May 14, 2021
The number of initial state unemployment claims decreased by 34,000 last week, resulting in a weekly adjusted total of 473,000 claims. Despite this sign that the labor market is beginning to heal, economists are nonetheless worried. For certain industries, job...
Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice
When I was in 4th grade I was elected Treasurer of the Kiwanis Kids Club where I was in charge of fundraising, writing checks, and bank deposit slips. I quickly used these skills to help my parents navigate bills, mail correspondence, and work documents. I remember...
Connecticut Nursing Home Workers Reach Tentative Deal
Shortly after we published a post on the Connecticut Governor’s decision to call up members of the National Guard, nursing home workers in the state reached a deal with nursing home operators to avoid a strike that was scheduled to begin...
When the National Guard is Preempted (by the National Labor Relations Act)
As Salon reports, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has issued an order calling up the National Guard in response to the coming strike by several thousand nursing home employees in the state. The order reads as follows: I authorize you to immediately call...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 12, 2021
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced that members had voted to advance three nominees for labor-policy posts in the Biden Administration. The Committee voted 14-8 in favor of the nomination of...
Democracy in the Union Movement
By clawing back a degree of worker autonomy from the rule of corporations, labor unions offer a glimpse, and a promise, of working-class emancipation and self-determination. In an economic system characterized by private ownership and immense concentrations of...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 11, 2021
At a business-journalism conference yesterday, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spoke out strongly against worker misclassification. Secretary Walsh referred to misclassifying gig workers as one of the "most serious issues" undermining the economy, denying workers...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 10, 2021
Nikita yesterday joined a flurry of voices commenting on the "labor shortage" reported by American businesses — especially the restaurant industry. In support of the Chamber of Commerce's call for a repeal of supplemental unemployment benefits, Republican Sen....
Today’s News & Commentary—May 14, 2021
The number of initial state unemployment claims decreased by 34,000 last week, resulting in a weekly adjusted total of 473,000 claims. Despite this sign that the labor market is beginning to heal, economists are nonetheless worried. For certain industries, job...
Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice
When I was in 4th grade I was elected Treasurer of the Kiwanis Kids Club where I was in charge of fundraising, writing checks, and bank deposit slips. I quickly used these skills to help my parents navigate bills, mail correspondence, and work documents. I remember...
Connecticut Nursing Home Workers Reach Tentative Deal
Shortly after we published a post on the Connecticut Governor’s decision to call up members of the National Guard, nursing home workers in the state reached a deal with nursing home operators to avoid a strike that was scheduled to begin...
When the National Guard is Preempted (by the National Labor Relations Act)
As Salon reports, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has issued an order calling up the National Guard in response to the coming strike by several thousand nursing home employees in the state. The order reads as follows: I authorize you to immediately call...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 12, 2021
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced that members had voted to advance three nominees for labor-policy posts in the Biden Administration. The Committee voted 14-8 in favor of the nomination of...
Democracy in the Union Movement
By clawing back a degree of worker autonomy from the rule of corporations, labor unions offer a glimpse, and a promise, of working-class emancipation and self-determination. In an economic system characterized by private ownership and immense concentrations of...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 11, 2021
At a business-journalism conference yesterday, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spoke out strongly against worker misclassification. Secretary Walsh referred to misclassifying gig workers as one of the "most serious issues" undermining the economy, denying workers...
Today’s News & Commentary — May 10, 2021
Nikita yesterday joined a flurry of voices commenting on the "labor shortage" reported by American businesses — especially the restaurant industry. In support of the Chamber of Commerce's call for a repeal of supplemental unemployment benefits, Republican Sen....
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