Benjamin Sachs is the Kestnbaum Professor of Labor and Industry at Harvard Law School and a leading expert in the field of labor law and labor relations. He is also faculty director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy. Professor Sachs teaches courses in labor law, employment law, and law and social change, and his writing focuses on union organizing and unions in American politics. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty in 2008, Professor Sachs was the Joseph Goldstein Fellow at Yale Law School. From 2002-2006, he served as Assistant General Counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Washington, D.C. Professor Sachs graduated from Yale Law School in 1998, and served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His writing has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the New York Times and elsewhere. Professor Sachs received the Yale Law School teaching award in 2007 and in 2013 received the Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard Law School. He can be reached at [email protected].
Here are an additional six amicus briefs filed on behalf of Respondents in Harris v. Quinn. The briefs include one filed by the United States:
2) Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
3) Twenty-One Past Presidents of the DC Bar
6) State of New York, et al. (filed on behalf of fourteen states and D.C.)
We’ve posted other amicus briefs filed on behalf of Respondents here, here, and here.
An impressive list.
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September 8
President Biden signs "Good Jobs EO"; organizing lessons from EWOC; NYC comptroller launches Employer Wall of Shame.
September 6
Harris to meet with Teamsters; AT&T makes offer to striking workers.
September 5
Workers unionize at Tennessee battery plant and President Biden poised to block acquisition of U.S. Steel.
September 4
Port workers meet to discuss potential strike strategy; and AT&T workers enter the third week of their strike.
September 3
10,000 hotel workers go on strike; Harris hosts Labor Day rallies focused on wooing union members.
September 2
Americans celebrate Labor Day while the two Presidential candidates continue their efforts to court labor; the California Legislature considers several labor and employment measures; Israel’s largest union leads a general strike to pressure the government to make a ceasefire-hostage deal in Gaza