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October 14, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and San Francisco Chronicle all report that, last night, San Francisco Bay-area transit unions postponed their strike deadline by 24 hours; the new deadline is 11:59 tonight. For months, the Service Employees International Union Local 1021 (SEIU) and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local […]

September 30, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal report that federal workers are bracing themselves for a potential government shutdown. These workers have already endured a three-year wage freeze, and months of furloughs forced by the sequestration. At midnight tonight, the labor contract that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) negotiated for 55,000 Los Angeles […]

September 16, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The Washington Post reports that the gap between the unemployment rates for the highest- and lowest- income American families is the largest it has been in a decade. The unemployment rate for families earning less than $20,000 per year is greater than 21 percent, while the unemployment rate for families earning more than $150,000 per […]

September 2, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

Happy Labor Day! To celebrate the holiday, the Washington Post interviewed four workers from the D.C. area about “what they do and why they do it.” The Post also published excerpts from an interview with Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. The interview touches upon Secretary Perez’s plans for the Department of Labor, the 50th anniversary of […]

August 26, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The Wall Street Journal reports that, as groups across the nation observe the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, many are calling for immigration reform. The article notes that some advocates for immigration reform have drawn lessons and inspiration from the Civil Rights movement. The Los Angeles Times discusses a dispute between United Steelworkers […]

August 19, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The New York Times and the Washington Post report that today is the deadline for filing formal objections to Detroit’s eligibility for bankruptcy protection. The New York Times explains that “unions, creditors and retirees” are expected to file objections before the deadline passes. The City must respond to these objections by September 6. A hearing […]

August 12, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

This morning, in the Boston Herald, President Obama proposed a “grand bargain” for the middle class—a strategy for “breaking through the Washington logjam” and enacting policies that create jobs. As part of this bargain, the President said that he would be willing to simplify the tax code for large and small business, so long as […]

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Law. Workers. Organizing.

OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

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