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Iman Masmoudi is a student at Harvard Law School.

September 5, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Unions continue to use social media to bring the public into their negotiations, a new interview with labor organizer Jane McAlevey offers tips for effective negotiations, and the Nation opinion section covers the recent NLRB decisions.

August 22, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

The Graduate Students Union at the University of Michigan may soon agree to end their five-month strike, the NLRB says employee handbooks could violate employee organizing rights, and private EMTs in the Chicago area are suing their employer as a class in order to get back wages deducted for speeding tickets while driving ambulances.

August 8, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Biden's top labor adviser resigns; a new commentary on 2023 Supreme Court Employment jurisprudence is published; a WaPo Oped argues for the importance of policies that advance both workers' rights and sustainability; and the first major LA city worker strike in fifteen years begins.

July 25, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

SAG-AFTRA plans the biggest rally yet for Times Square, OSHA proposes a new protective equipment standard for the construction industry, and HuffPost begins a new series on union busting professionals.

July 11, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

The first multi-departmental video game union forms at Sega, divisions within the Amazon Labor Union come to light in a new lawsuit seeking to compel internal union elections, and unionizing in Los Angeles gets a full write-up.

June 27, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Conflicts continue between union workers and the corporation over Pride at Starbucks and immigrant women seek jobs in construction in New York City.

June 12, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

In a slow but important day for labor news, New York City has announced a minimum wage for its 60,000 app delivery workers.

May 30, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

In a short, but important day for labor news, NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo has stated her view that non-competes violate section 7 rights and wildfire-preventing goat companies are fighting a sharp increase in wages for their herders. In a much-anticipated memo released today, General Counsel of the NLRB Jennifer Abruzzo outlines a novel argument for […]

May 16, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Writers' Union allows Tony Broadcast to proceed; and GE reaches important neutrality agreement with unions ahead of potential turbine construction plant.

May 2, 2023
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

The Writers’ Guild is officially on strike; job openings have declined again; workers continue to protest in France. Last night, the Writers’ Guild of America announced that they voted to authorize a national strike which would begin today, Tuesday, May 2, and the announcement was greeted with jubilation and support across Hollywood. The strike includes […]

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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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