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David Sherwyn is the John and Melissa Ceriale Professor of Hospitality Human Resources and a professor of law at Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration.

Dealing with the Likely Demise of Humphrey’s Executor

Jun 25, 2025 Samuel Estreicher, G. Roger King and David Sherwyn

The future of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the venerable agency that since 1935 has been the exclusive investigation, enforcement, and adjudicatory body under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act), is in doubt. As of this writing, it seems likely, that perhaps sometime in fall 2025 or spring 2026, the […]

Guest Post: What the NLRB's McDonald's Decision Got Wrong

Aug 5, 2014 David Sherwyn

David Sherwyn is a Professor of Law Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. He is also academic director of the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations and a research fellow at the Center for Labor and Employment Law at New York University’s School of Law. This is a response to Professor Catherine Fisk’s post. […]

OnLabor

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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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Dealing with the Likely Demise of Humphrey’s Executor

Guest Post: What the NLRB's McDonald's Decision Got Wrong