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Iman Masmoudi is a student at Harvard Law School.

September 20, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

The tentative railroad deal brings to the fore several other unionized key industries which could experience new contracts this year. And legislators from Massachusetts and California re-introduced the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act. UPS employs the largest number of unionized workers in the country by far and carries about 6% of the U.S.’s GDP annually. […]

September 6, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

After an exciting labor day weekend, there is still much good news to celebrate! An article in the Hill pointed out yesterday that this Labor Day weekend was perhaps “the most promising” for unions in many years, because of very high public support, dynamic grassroots organizing campaigns at several massive corporations, and a President who […]

August 23, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

In a move to express solidarity with Uber Drivers, Uniting Church told its workers yesterday to stop using Uber, citing the company’s “unethical foundations.” The Church is the largest non-government provider of services to the community in all of Australia. The Church pointed to the recent “Uber Files” report and Uber’s practices of mistreating its […]

July 26, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

A Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Massachusetts may soon become the first unionized Trader Joe’s in the nation, as a vote date has been set for tomorrow, July 27th. Over the weekend, union organizers held a rally outside their store which drew over 100 supporters. Sarah Yosef, a TJ crew member and union organizer, made a […]

July 12, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Starbucks closes some newly-unionized stores among others, Gerald McEntee – longtime AFSCME president – dies at 87, and rising minimum wages across cities help protect workers from inflation. SB Workers United is decrying an announcement today by Starbucks that it will close five stores across Seattle citing “safety concerns.” The stores reportedly experience high crime […]

June 28, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Workers protest stagnating wages despite inflation, tragedy struck yesterday in Texas as 46 people were found dead in a truck after seeking better lives for themselves and their families, and FairHotel launched a tool to find unionized hotels at which to stay. ABCnews reports on a wave of protests by workers around the world responding […]

June 14, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

In today’s labor news, Microsoft and the CWA announce an historic labor neutrality agreement, Dollar General workers are raising their voices, and workers at two midwest Starbucks locations have joined the CMRJB. CWA announced yesterday that it had reached a labor neutrality agreement with Microsoft as it seeks to close its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. […]

May 3, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

The biggest news of last night was of course the unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Alito and appearing to show that a majority of the court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973). Protests are planned across the country, and scattered reports on social media suggest the Supreme Court […]

April 19, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

As labor organizing spreads rapidly across the country, recent profiles show just how workers get started, the methods they are using, and what inspired their actions. As OnLabor has previously covered here and here, social media has become a powerful organizing tool for workers across industries. The NYTimes today profiled a worker at one of […]

April 5, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

In a slow day for labor news after the excitement over the weekend, A New York City law that requires employers to disclose salary rangers on job postings will go into effect May 15, 2022, JDSupra reports. Enforcement will be handled by the City Commission on Human Rights. Violations can result in up to $125,000 […]

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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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