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Greg Volynsky is a student at Harvard Law School.

August 18, 2023
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Greg Volynsky

Minneapolis City Council approves ordinance mandating higher compensation for rideshare drivers; Bloomberg Law explains how major fast food corporations are complacent in franchisees’ labor law violations; the New York Times reports on a wave of assertive union leadership; and a crackdown on wage theft and working hours violations.

August 4, 2023
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Greg Volynsky

More journalists and labor veterans weigh in on the current state of the labor movement; Google and Accenture accused of illegally terminating contract employees in the process of unionizing; Amazon warehouse workers rally for better wages in the wake of Teamsters’ agreement with UPS; ProPublica reports how Wisconsin makes it difficult for workers critical to the state's dairy industry to live and work

July 21, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

The NYT chronicles how Starbucks’ anti-union effort demonstrates the failure of labor law; over 650,000 workers threaten to strike over the summer or have already done so; the Biden administration plans to indefinitely keep Su as Acting Secretary of Labor; and Grindr employees seek to unionize.

July 7, 2023
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Greg Volynsky

Thousands of Los Angeles hotel workers return to work; major food delivery services sue to enjoin enforcement of a New York City gig worker wage rule; the Guardian reports on the resurgence of the United Farm Worker union.

June 23, 2023
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Greg Volynsky

New York State Assembly passes bill to enhance penalties for wage theft; Georgetown University to pay up to $550,000 to settle wage theft allegations; Los Angeles voters to determine whether to cap hospital executive pay; ProPublica staff unionize; more than 3,000 Starbucks baristas plan to strike.

June 9, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

A towering economist passes away; L.A. Times announces layoffs; workers at Barnes & Nobles and Mass General Brigham vote to unionize; and Google contract workers seek union.

May 26, 2023
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Greg Volynsky

New York Times reaches an agreement with the NYT Guild; Governor Walz vetoes a ride-share workers’ protections bill; Bloomberg reports a slowdown at the DOL; workers at a Barnes & Noble, a Chicago museum, and an REI vote to unionize.

May 12, 2023
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Greg Volynsky

Starbucks workers in Chelsea file petition for decertification vote; federal jury orders largest settlement ever under the Fair Labor Standards Act; employees at an architecture firm file petition to unionize.

April 28, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

Sixth Circuit hears oral arguments in a case challenging the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; U.S. labor board prosecutors accuse Starbucks of refusing to bargain in good faith with 144 unionized cafés; YouTube Music contract workers unionize, and Lyft lays off more than a quarter of its workforce.

April 14, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

Florida House committee approves legislation to weaken public unions; Department of Agriculture urges meat companies to examine supply chains for child labor; House subcommittee to hold hearing on California's approach to gig workers; Twitter faces new lawsuits over mass layoffs; federal agency to release proposed regulations to enforce Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; San Jose City Council strengthens wage theft policy for public contracts; Trader Joe's workers in New York City and Oakland to vote on unionization.

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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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