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Emily Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.

January 30, 2017
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

The EEOC announced Saturday that President Trump has appointed Victoria Lipnic as the Commission’s Acting Chair, reports JD Supra. Lipnic has served as Assistant Secretary for Labor and Employment Standards and, most recently, as a Commissioner of the EEOC since 2010. Lipnic, at one point believed to be a possible nominee for Secretary of Labor, […]

January 16, 2017
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

With Andrew Puzder’s confirmation hearing on his nomination for Labor Secretary delayed indefinitely, the New York Times outlined some of the criticisms aimed at Puzder by labor groups as well as his own workers. Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, has been an outspoken critic of workplace regulations, including minimum wage laws. Employees of CKE […]

January 2, 2017
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

In an op-ed for the L.A. Times, Scott Martelle outlines the potential threats to labor from a Trump administration with the N.L.R.B., Department of Labor, and federal legislation all subject to change under the new administration. However, Martelle believes that the various threats may actually be a good thing for the labor movement, providing a […]

December 19, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

The Wall Street Journal reports that while U.S. factories are producing close to their pre-recession output, jobs for factory workers have not sprung back in the same way. In fact, the Journal reports, about 1.5 million– approximately 20%– of manufacturing jobs lost in the recession have not returned. While the number of open manufacturing jobs […]

December 5, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

Democratic lawmakers in California are seeking to pass measures to protect undocumented immigrants, including the provision of legal assistance during deportation proceedings and in criminal court as well as limiting local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The bills, which will be voted on next month and, according to the New York Times, are likely to […]

November 21, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

Bloomberg reports that over 30% of graduates from for-profit colleges make less than what a person making federal minimum wage would working full-time—around $14,500 per year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education. This data corroborates recent research from the National Bureau of Economic Research that students who attend for-profit colleges are, […]

November 8, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

Just in time for the election, JD Supra Labor and Employment has published a brief overview of the candidate’s views on workplace laws. Highlights of Clinton’s plans include her plan to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour, improve collective bargaining rights, reward profit sharing arrangements, and support Wall Street reform. Trump likewise plans […]

October 24, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

The Department of Labor defended a new regulation requiring businesses to disclose recent labor law violations when bidding on federal contracts, urging a Texas Court not to grant a preliminary injunction against the rule, reports Politico. On Thursday, DOL argued that the regulations are within their authority as an executive agency, are not preempted by existing […]

October 10, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

The Boston Globe reported Friday on a claim filed with the EEOC by Shannon Liss-Riordan, the attorney behind the Uber lawsuit, that alleges that Uber’s rating system is racially discriminatory. Uber has argued that it should not allow passengers to tip drivers because it could incorporate customer bias into driver’s pay, with a result that […]

September 26, 2016
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

A recent op-ed in the Washington Examiner argued that federal lawmakers may be able to address the standstill in federal labor law simply by authorizing waivers which would allow states to opt out of the federal regime. The waivers would open the door for states to experiment with policy which better addresses the challenges of […]

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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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