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May 6, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The New York Times describes a decline in the prestige of police unions following the events in Ferguson, North Charleston, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Staten Island, stating that the political context has shifted and police unions have been forced to adapt. Despite what the Times calls a “hardline public stance,” more police unions have declined to […]

May 4, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Illinois House will hear testimony tomorrow on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to limit worker’s compensation. This proposal is part of Gov. Rauner’s overall political platform that includes limiting labor’s influence, removing prevailing wage laws, and limiting damages in civil suits. Gov. Rauner wants to limit the reach of worker’s compensation […]

April 13, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The Boston Globe writes that new federal rules will take effect tomorrow that will shorten the amount of time before workers can vote to join a union. We have previously covered issuance of this Final Rule here. Under the new rule, the NLRB regional director responsible for an election will decide “which, if any, voter […]

April 6, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The Los Angeles Times reports that there are mixed responses among business leaders and workers to the County Board of Supervisors’ vote to study the potential impact of an increase in the minimum wage. This Board vote comes at a time when the City of Los Angeles is considering a minimum wage hike to $15.25 […]

March 23, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

U.S. News and World Reports features further coverage of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, a bill introduced in both houses by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn) last week. The bill would create a federal program for employees to continue to receive a paycheck while they take time off work […]

March 9, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The New York Times reports that Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has signed the “Right-to-Work” Bill passed by the legislature last week. This makes Wisconsin the 25th state to adopt a private-sector right to work law. According to Bloomberg, Gov. Walker stated as he signed the bill into law, “Our leaders here led. . . […]

February 23, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

In immigration news, the Obama Administration has filed a legal brief with Judge Andrew S. Hanen in the United States District Court in Brownsville, TX asking for an injunction blocking the president’s immigration program to be lifted. The New York Times reports that in its legal brief, the Department of Justice argued that the injunction […]

February 9, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

Breitbart reports that the Labor Department has announced that 235 union pension funds may lack the assets necessary to pay 80 percent of their promised benefits. Of the funds, 150 are in “critical status.” That status obligates trustees to consider the option of cutting some benefits. The December $1.1 trillion federal spending bill included an […]

January 26, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The Washington Post reports that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released union density numbers for 2014. The data shows that union membership has increased both in the public and private sectors. However, since the overall number of people in the work force has increased at an even greater rate, union density is down. According […]

January 12, 2015
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

Al Jazeera America describes the push by Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country to pass right-to-work legislation. These laws, which would forbid unions from automatically charging representation fees workers in unionized shops, are under consideration in Kentucky, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Missouri. Twenty-four other states already have them on the books. The article outlines […]

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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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