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May 20, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

Los Angeles has become the latest city to implement a $15 per hour minimum wage, according to the New York Times. In a 14-1 vote, the city council approved a plan to increase the minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2020. Los Angeles County, moreover, is considering a plan to similarly increase wages in […]

April 22, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

In an interview with the Washington Post, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez sought to push back on claims that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal currently being considered by Congress would hurt American workers. Perez argued that unlike previous agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, the TPP would “bake labor provisions into the […]

April 10, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

The Huffington Post reports that a group of workers employed under federal contracts at the National Zoo and the Department of Education have filed a complaint with the Department of Labor “alleging that they’ve been illegally underpaid for years.” The complaint was brought on behalf of the workers by Good Jobs Nation, an organization that […]

April 8, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

Writing in the New York Times, Noam Scheiber situates a recent labor dispute in Major League Baseball in the context of U.S. labor relations more broadly. After a team took an action that disadvantaged an up-and-coming star player, the league took a position that “seemed aimed a pitting baseball’s superstars against . . . less […]

March 25, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

The Los Angeles Times reports that negotiations are set to resume in the Baja California farmworkers’ strike that has “all but stopped the winter harvest, right at its peak.” Mexican authorities have sent more than 1,000 police and military personnel to the region, and protesters have “complained of unlawful arrests and police mistreatment.” According to […]

The NLRB's Revised Procedures for Addressing Immigration Status Issues Arising During Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings: An Explainer

Mar 16, 2015 Daniel Crossen

Late last month, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board promulgated Memorandum GC 15-03, which made important changes to the Board’s procedures for addressing immigration status issues arising during unfair labor practice proceedings. This post explains the background of the Memorandum and outlines the changes it makes. Background In 2002, the Supreme Court […]

March 11, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

An article by the Associated Press situates Wisconsin’s right-to-work law in the broader context of a “general assault on unions” by Republican lawmakers across the country. In addition to right-to-work laws, a number of states are considering other measures, including, for example, eliminating requirements of “union-level wages on public projects” and “legislation that would let […]

February 25, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

The Wisconsin State Legislature began consideration Tuesday of a right-to-work bill, which would permit workers in the state who choose not to join a union, but who nevertheless benefit from union-negotiated contracts, to avoid paying fair-share fees. The Washington Post reports that Republican leaders planned to fast-track the bill, with the goal of finalizing it […]

January 28, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

The Wall Street Journal reports on the challenges faced by so-called “on-demand” workers for companies like Uber and TaskRabbit who, as the paper observes, “don’t fit neatly into a regulatory landscape that recognizes only two types of worker: employees in traditional work relationships and independent contractors.” A number of companies in recent months have faced […]

January 14, 2015
News & Commentary

Daniel Crossen

A report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that employers were seeking to fill nearly 5 million open positions, the most since 1999, according to the Los Angeles Times. However, the strong jobs numbers were accompanied by less encouraging news about wages: a report released on Friday found a drop in average hourly wages. […]

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OnLabor

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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