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April 22, 2014
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

The New York Times editorial board called for action on wage theft yesterday. The authors note that although wage theft is commonly associated with low-wage workers, it is a problem that affects workers across the board. For example, software engineers employed by Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe allege that they were robbed of up to $3 billion […]

Paid Sick Days: A Backgrounder

Apr 15, 2014 Jessica Harris

Last week, New York City joined five other cities and the state of Connecticut in mandating that employers provide their employees with paid sick days. The legislation comes at a time when almost 40 million workers, constituting nearly 40 percent of all private sector workers, lack the right to even a single paid sick day. […]

Captive Audience Meetings: A Backgrounder

Apr 2, 2014 Jessica Harris

A video produced by Target for use during captive audience meetings was leaked last month. The video warns employees, “If Target faced rigid union contracts like some of our competitors, our ability to serve our guests could suffer dramatically – and with fewer guests, what happens to our team?” It added that if a union […]

March 11, 2014
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

The Washington Post reports that the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), the organization that hires referees for Major League Soccer games, filed unfair labor practice charges against the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) on Monday. The charges come three days after the PRO began a lockout of PSRA workers, and after the PSRA filed its own […]

February 25, 2014
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

President Obama announced that his administration’s proposed budget will include a 1% pay raise for federal workers, the Washington Post reports. Union leaders and some Democrats have decried this raise as unfair and unreasonable, given the three-year pay freeze and 2013 furloughs federal workers have faced. Administration officials defended the raise, noting “the tight budget constraints” the administration continues […]

President Obama's Use of Executive Power to Strengthen Workers' Rights: A Backgrounder

Feb 11, 2014 Jessica Harris

Two weeks ago, in his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama proclaimed a “year of action” in which he would use his executive powers to advance his agenda, in spite of a deadlocked Congress. In particular, the President announced that he intended to issue an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal […]

January 28, 2014
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

President Obama will give his State of the Union Address tonight. The New York Times reports that President Obama will use the speech to highlight his increasing willingness to use his executive power to fulfill his agenda if Congress remains deadlocked. One way President Obama intends to convey that message is by announcing a raise […]

January 14, 2014
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

As Brad reported earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the deeply contentious case of National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning (explained here). Reuters reports that members of SEIU Local 1021, maintenance and clerical workers for San Francisco’s BART system, voted overwhelmingly to approve a four-year contract yesterday, ending a nine-month dispute that led […]

Displaced Worker Protection Laws: An Explainer

Jan 13, 2014 Jessica Harris

In the last ten years, but particularly in the last two, states and localities have begun to enact displaced worker protection laws. These laws, which are currently on the books in ten cities, counties, and states, provide some temporary protection for the employees of service contractors when their employers lose a contract. This explainer offers […]

January 5, 2014
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

Boeing workers voted Friday 51% to 49% to approve an eight-year contract extension, the New York Times reports. That deal will ensure that Boeing’s new 777x aircraft will be assembled in Washington state. Although Boeing is earning record profits, the approved deal will freeze workers’ pensions, among other concessions. Workers did manage to secure one-time […]

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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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April 22, 2014

Paid Sick Days: A Backgrounder

Captive Audience Meetings: A Backgrounder

March 11, 2014

February 25, 2014

President Obama's Use of Executive Power to Strengthen Workers' Rights: A Backgrounder

January 28, 2014

January 14, 2014

Displaced Worker Protection Laws: An Explainer

January 5, 2014