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December 16, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Friday night, Grinnell College’s undergraduate union announced that it will withdraw its petition to the National Labor Relations Board in order to prevent a ruling from harming other student unions. The student union earlier voted to expand membership to cover all student workers, but the liberal arts college objected and appealed to the NLRB. The […]

December 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report: unemployment remains at 3.7% for the third month, and the U.S. added 155,000 nonfarm jobs. Reactions are mixed; while the report is “weaker than expected,” it is also a sign of an expansive and overall healthy economy, note commentators in the New York […]

December 2, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

The nation’s minimum wages are lower than the wages the nation’s voters would prefer, according to a Pew Research Center survey. While many workers across the nation have been celebrating recent victories for higher minimum wages, the average state resident prefers a wage approximately two dollars higher than her state’s mark. The Washington Post’s Christopher […]

November 18, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

In Boston, Unite Here Local 26 and Marriott have struck a deal, ending an historic 46-day strike. Saturday afternoon the workers ratified the new contract in a 677-9 vote. Terms remain undisclosed, but union representatives indicate that workers now have more robust – unprecedented – job security and a vastly improved benefits and compensation package, […]

November 4, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Commenting on the Google walkout last Thursday, Professor Brishen Rogers told CNBC that the “numbers and level of coordination involved” were “unprecedented” in the tech sector. In white-collar tech, where employers pose as “family” and salaries are high, unions are nearly nonexistent; many watching the walkout, however, spot on the horizon a new phase of […]

October 31, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

In the footsteps of their public school counterparts, Chicago’s charter-school teachers may be the first ever to strike. On Tuesday, teachers at 15 charter schools voted overwhelmingly (98%) to authorize a strike; this coming Friday, teachers at another 4 schools will do the same; others are in active negotiations and may see similar union votes. […]

October 21, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

The trans-continental Marriott strike continues without flagging. Seven thousand workers in Boston, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, and throughout Hawaii are disrupting operations at dozens of Marriott-owned hotels. The SF Examiner describes the scene in downtown San Francisco, where more than 1,000 workers and supporters rallied Saturday. Chief among these strikers’ concerns is […]

October 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

On Saturday afternoon, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 50-48 vote is among the closest in history, and the tenor of battles over Kavanaugh’s fitness revealed and further rived a divided a country. Much commentary on the process anticipates the outcomes of a conservative bloc, as well […]

October 1, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

On the cusp of an ideological majority for the first time in over half a century, the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term today, again – like in 2016 – with an 8-Justice lineup. While the fate of the current nominee is uncertain, the Court is slated for what some commentators in the New […]

September 9, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Elon Musk, Tesla, Inc.’s CEO, has been no stranger to scrutiny. But a recent appearance on a radio show has exacerbated concerns that Musk is unfit to lead the automobile company, all while infuriating lower-level workers who have been held to far higher standards for their personal conduct. When Musk smoked marijuana on the live […]

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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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