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Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.

October 18, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

The NLRB has challenged some provisions in the required employment contracts that Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, requires each full-time employee to sign. The NLRB filed an administrative action against the firm in July saying that Bridgewater has interfered with, restrained and coerced employees from exercising their rights. Because many other money management […]

October 4, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

The Department of Labor published a notice and comment concerning the proposed reinstatement of the Contingent Worker Supplement. The CWS will provide data on jobs and workers in jobs that are structured to last a limited period of time, as well as information on workers in alternative employment arrangements, including independent contractors, on-call workers, temporary help […]

September 20, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx issued a policy paper that outlines 15 points he expects automakers to comply with as self-driving cars hit the road. The paper hits on four main points: what the vehicles need to do to be safe, what federal and state governments need to do, how the Department of Transportation will use […]

September 6, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

21st Century Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, has announced a settlement in the sexual harassment case brought by Gretchen Carlson. The amount, unconfirmed by the parties, has been reported at $20 million. Ailes, the former Fox News Chairmen, was ousted last month after being accused of sexual harassment by more than two dozen […]

August 23, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

In a 3-1 decision today, the NLRB held that “student assistants who have a common-law employment relationship with their university are statutory employees under the [Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act]”. The case, discussed previously on this blog, overrules the 2004 decision in Brown University and could result in tens of thousands of new union […]

August 9, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

Donald Trump delivered a major economic speech on Monday, highlighting some proposals we can expect him to push for if he is elected. He questioned the accuracy of the official unemployment numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but the speech was perhaps more notable for what it didn’t include. Trump did not mention […]

July 26, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

WeWork, a New York based startup that provides shared workspace and services to its clients, continues to be plagued by labor issues. The company was highlighted by the New York Times in May for its controversial practice of requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements and class action waivers. The NLRB is now asking a federal court […]

June 28, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

Brexit continues to dominate the news cycle. After relaying yesterday that business leaders in the United Kingdom expected the vote to have a negative impact on them, the Wall Street Journal today reports that some industries might see higher labor costs. Foreign-born workers, who tend to take lower wages than their native-born counterparts, will face […]

June 14, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

The AFL-CIO will formally endorse Hillary Clinton on Thursday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The AFL-CIO rarely picks a candidate before the presumptive Democratic nominee has emerged. Clinton now has locked up endorsements from most major labor groups. The Department of Labor clarified today that its prohibition of discrimination based on sex includes discrimination based on […]

May 31, 2016
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

Eduardo Porter of the New York Times argues that a universal basic income is not the most efficient way to solve poverty. The first obstacle would be funding for such a program, which would either overwhelm the federal budget or require defunding every other poverty program. Second, it would devalue and disincentivize work. Third, it would […]

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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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