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Anita Alem is a student at Harvard Law School.

October 13, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

Amazon workers stage walk-out; NLRB judge: Starbucks violated labor law (again); Home Depot workers to vote in union election; NLRB judge lays groundwork for potential Joy Silk revival

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Glacier Northwest

Oct 10, 2022 Anita Alem

The Supreme Court takes on its first major labor law case of the Term.

Give Me a Break Room: How Amazon Impedes Off-Duty Organizers and How the NLRB Can Help

Oct 3, 2022 Anita Alem

Organizing in break rooms and cafeterias has been a key strategy of the Amazon Labor Union and contributed to its successful Staten Island union election. But as the Albany facility election approaches, Amazon is enforcing a policy that prohibits employees from being inside facilities more than 15 minutes before or after their shift, and bars […]

September 29, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s News and Commentary: Incarcerated workers in Alabama go on labor strike; the Tenth Circuit hears oral argument regarding Biden’s $15 minimum wage plan for federal contractors; under pressure from employee Activism, Amazon raises wages; and Governor Newsom signs laws increasing pay transparency and bolstering farmworkers’ union access. The New York Times reports that thousands of […]

September 9, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s News and Commentary: the Communication Workers of America reportedly blocked a tech watchdog report regarding Microsoft’s support for the United States military, Seattle school teachers enter their third day on strike, and California fast food employers have already begun organizing against the state’s new labor law. The Intercept reported a labor official belonging […]

September 1, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s news and commentary: independent union Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicana wins against an employer-backed union in a critical vote near the United States-Mexico border; workers at Starbucks, Amazon and Trader Joe’s raise concerns over negotiating their first contracts with union-busting employers; and lawsuits allege Lyft uses worker misclassification to avoid sexual and physical assault […]

August 18, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s news and commentary: Underfunding at the NLRB; PEB recommends wage increases to avoid rail strike; NLRB files another complaint against Starbucks; and California begins collecting employee demographic data self-identifying as a descendant of enslaved peoples. The Guardian reported Wednesday that labor leaders in the United States are sounding the alarm over NRLB funding […]

August 4, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s news and commentary: Hyundai and supplier factory face lawsuit following Reuters investigation revealing child labor in manufacturing, NLRB orders United Mine Workers of America to pay $13M for unlawful strike, NLRB dismisses charges against Starbucks union workers, and Reuters journalists plan to strike Thursday. SMART, an auto manufacturing supplier for Hyundai, allegedly employs […]

July 21, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s news and commentary: Chipotle closes store following workers’ push to unionize, staffing firms sue NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo over captive audience meetings, and Kellogg MorningStar plant workers file to unionize. On Wednesday, Chipotle United workers filed a complaint with the NLRB alleging Chipotle closed down its Augusta, Maine location in retaliation for workers […]

July 7, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

In today’s news and commentary, Biden’s labor aide resigns and is replaced with a former union official, states continue to pass restrictions against nondisclosure agreements, and Mitch McConnell says that Americans are not participating in the labor market because they feel “flush for the moment.” Seth Harris, a deputy assistant to President Biden on labor, […]

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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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October 13, 2022

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Glacier Northwest

Give Me a Break Room: How Amazon Impedes Off-Duty Organizers and How the NLRB Can Help

September 29, 2022

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