Trump’s Justice Sticks it to Workers
After the oral argument in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, I wrote that the five Republican...
Trump’s Justice Sticks it to Workers
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Andrew Strom
Andrew Strom has been a union lawyer for more than 25 years. He is an Associate General Counsel of Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ in New York, NY. He is the author of Caught in a Vicious Cycle: A Weak Labor Movement Emboldens the Ruling Class, 16 U.St. Thomas L.J. 19 (2019); Boeing and the NLRB: A Sixty-Four Year-old Time Bomb Explodes, 68 National Lawyers Guild Review 109 (2011); and Rethinking the NLRB’s Approach to Union Recognition Agreements, 15 Berkeley J. Emp. &; Lab. L. 50 (1994), and has written for Dissent and Dollars and Sense. He also taught advanced legal writing at Fordham Law School. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. The views he expresses on this blog are his personal views, and should not be attributed to SEIU Local 32BJ.
The First Amendment and Judicial Overreach in Philadelphia
The First Amendment and Judicial Overreach in Philadelphia
In 1964, Congress outlawed discrimination in employment based on race or sex, yet there is...
The Supreme Court Quietly Made a Big Change to Wage and Hour Law
The Supreme Court Quietly Made a Big Change to Wage and Hour Law
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court decided Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, one of those...
Will Masterpiece Cakeshop and Janus Create a First Amendment Right to Strike for Teachers?
Will Masterpiece Cakeshop and Janus Create a First Amendment Right to Strike for Teachers?
Sometime in the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will issue its decision in Masterpiece...
Even Without Trump, Labor Law is Still Broken
Even Without Trump, Labor Law is Still Broken
So far, President Trump has appointed a Supreme Court Justice, Neil Gorsuch, who may cast the...
Will the Court Consider the Facts in Janus?
Will the Court Consider the Facts in Janus?
Mark Janus’s lawyers are desperate to have the Court decide Janus v. AFSCME without considering...
Janus Should Lose, and the Justices Know It
Janus Should Lose, and the Justices Know It
Most of the coverage of Janus v. AFSCME, like this recent piece in USA Today, simply (and...
Second Circuit Judges Teach Interns a Valuable Lesson
Second Circuit Judges Teach Interns a Valuable Lesson
Unpaid interns who sued Hearst magazines under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) recently...
At the NLRB, GOP Board Members Show How to Play Hard Ball
At the NLRB, GOP Board Members Show How to Play Hard Ball
While the media was focusing on the drama over the Republican tax bill, last week the new...
Janus’s Lawyers Want to Make a Federal Case Out of Every Public Employee Grievance
Janus’s Lawyers Want to Make a Federal Case Out of Every Public Employee Grievance
The petitioner’s opening brief in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 contains many eyebrow-raising...
Sexual Harassment and our Undemocratic Workplaces
Sexual Harassment and our Undemocratic Workplaces
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a flood of alarming reports about powerful men who have...
Why Not Hold Union Representation Elections on a Regular Schedule?
Why Not Hold Union Representation Elections on a Regular Schedule?
When the Obama NLRB modernized the Board’s election rules and eliminated some unnecessary...