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December 17, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

The New York Times’ Teresa Tritch urges President Obama to issue several executive orders that would make it harder for companies with wage and safety violations to obtain federal contracts. Between 2007 and 2012, 49 federal contractors, including Tyson Foods, Verizon Communications, AT&T, Nestle, and Hewlett-Packard, were cited 1,776 times for serious wage and/or safety […]

An Explainer on D.R. Horton and the Validity of Class Waivers in Mandatory Arbitration Agreements [UPDATED]

Dec 5, 2013 Jessica Harris

On December 4, 2013, the Fifth Circuit issued its ruling in the hotly contested case of D.R. Horton, Inc. v. NLRB. In a 2-1 decision, the court overturned the National Labor Relations Board’s decision to invalidate mandatory arbitration agreements that include a class waiver. Given the prevalence of mandatory arbitration agreements in employment contracts (one […]

December 2, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

In one of seven articles written by Salon’s Josh Eidelson on this year’s Black Friday strikes at Walmart, Eidelson reports that tens of thousands of people protested Walmart’s labor practices last Friday at more than 1500 separate protest sites. While last year’s Black Friday protests primarily utilized worker strikes, this year’s protests centered on acts […]

A Backgrounder on State-Level Immigration Reform – Part 2

Nov 25, 2013 Jessica Harris

As I noted in part one of this backgrounder, there has been enormous growth in state-level immigration legislation over the last several years. Part two of the backgrounder focuses on state efforts to criminalize work by undocumented immigrants; include or exclude undocumented workers from workers’ compensation schemes; and prevent employer retaliation against undocumented workers. Criminalizing […]

November 19, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

Walmart is facing challenges on multiple fronts today, Salon reports. Most notably, the National Labor Relations Board has stated that it is ready to issue a complaint against the retail giant for threats and retaliation against striking workers during last year’s Black Friday strikes. The Board is waiting to issue the complaint in order to give […]

A Backgrounder on State-Level Immigration Reform – Part One

Nov 18, 2013 Jessica Harris

As I noted in a previous backgrounder, comprehensive immigration reform has been stalled in Congress for years. In the meantime, states have forged ahead, implementing their own reforms. Between 2005 and 2011, state legislatures introduced 8,244 laws and resolutions related to immigrants, of which they enacted 1,700. In the first half of 2013 alone 43 states […]

November 5, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., the New York Times reports. The case poses the question whether the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that steelworkers be paid for the time it takes them to put on and take off their work clothing. The Seventh Circuit, in an […]

October 22, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

The Wall Street Journal reports that the BART strike, which has paralyzed the San Francisco transit system for the last four days, ended this morning. Details about the terms of the deal will not be released until union members approve it. BART officials hope to have full service restored by this afternoon. Yesterday, a Dane County […]

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: An Explainer

Oct 9, 2013 Jessica Harris

As President Obama nears the end of his fifth year in office, his administration is poised to set an unenviable record. By 2014, the Obama administration will have deported over two million people – more than the total number of people deported from this country between 1892 and 1997. Recognizing the urgent need for immigration […]

October 8, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

Boston bus drivers are on strike today, leaving 33,000 students without transportation, the Boston Globe reports. The strike, which caught the city and schools by surprise, left city officials and parents scrambling to get children to school. United Steelworkers Local 8751, which represents the striking workers said the “protest reflected the drivers’ frustration at the way […]

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December 17, 2013

An Explainer on D.R. Horton and the Validity of Class Waivers in Mandatory Arbitration Agreements [UPDATED]

December 2, 2013

A Backgrounder on State-Level Immigration Reform – Part 2

November 19, 2013

A Backgrounder on State-Level Immigration Reform – Part One

November 5, 2013

October 22, 2013

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: An Explainer

October 8, 2013