The New Republic In The News Starbucks Workers Are Unionizing. Their Bosses Are Refusing to Bargain. Prof. Block on how employers' refusal to bargain harms the labor movement
Talking Points Memo In The News Chipotle Borrows From Starbucks’ Playbook As Workers Push To Unionize Prof. Sachs on how though "policies in Washington have made it very difficult for workers to organize; at the moment, workers are defying those fierce headwinds."
Holiday Break! OnLabor will be taking a break from its daily News & Commentary coverage until the New Year.
December 12, 2022 News & Commentary A lookback at a historic year of unionizing at Starbucks and across the tech industry
November 28, 2022 News & Commentary The migrant-labor system that built Qatar World Cup 2022, why the holidays are not so great a time for retail workers, and the TikTokers trying to make going to the office cool again
Countervailing Social Media Like many readers, OnLabor is concerned about developments at Twitter. So we are beginning to shift our social media activities to new sites.
November 14, 2022 News & Commentary Huge UC grad-student strike begins; Labor Department uncovers disturbing child-labor violations; Twitter layoffs continue
SHRM In The News A Beneficial Union Prof. Sachs on how employers can benefit from unions, explaining how unions "open up a new line of communication between management and workers" and how voluntary recognition "can be faster and less acrimonious" than using the NLRB process
October 31, 2022 News & Commentary A deep dive on the UAW’s first presidential election, another update on the Starbucks labor movement, and some history — on graduate-student labor unions and labor cats.
