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November 13, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

USA Today reports that the U.S. federal agencies relied on trucking companies that violated labor laws. XPO Logistics and California Cartage, two companies that were found guilty of labor infractions, and Konoike-Pacific, which was accused of the same kinds of violations by its drivers, are still working as federal contractors or subcontractors. Lawmakers, including Senators […]

October 30, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

WBUR’s business and technology team, BostonomiX, analyzed data from the Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development in order to understand the future of work in Massachusetts. BostonomiX found that the health care and computer sectors are likely to dominate job growth in the coming years. The team also created a tool that readers can […]

October 16, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Today, the Department of Labor will announce 23 members of the president’s apprenticeship task force. The Wall Street Journal reports that the group will consist of corporate executives, labor unions, and governors and that the task force will be charged with developing a plan to expand the use of apprenticeships in the United States. “Expanding […]

October 2, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the consolidated cases of Murphy Oil USA, Epic Systems, and Ernst and Young today, David Freeman Engstrom penned an op-ed in the New York Times arguing for workplace class actions. He noted that as union membership and regulatory action have declined, litigation is the last remaining leveler for workers. Moreover, because individual […]

September 18, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Last Thursday, a new union of nontenure-track faculty at Northwestern University filed a charge with the NLRB that accused the university of violating labor laws by refusing to bargain over a first contract. The Chicago Tribune reports that the NLRB certified the election in May 2017, after months of delay caused by contested ballots, but […]

September 4, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

In honor of Labor Day, most of the major news outlets have labor-themed editorials and op-eds today. OnLabor has a wrap up of them here. Politico reports that, according to sources familiar with President Trump’s thinking, the White House has decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) with a six-month delay. DACA […]

August 21, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Good Jobs Nation, a coalition launched in 2013 to pressure the Obama administration on trade and wage issues, today launches a two-week tour throughout the Midwest. The tour is one of a number of efforts by labor leaders to pressure the Trump White House to deliver on jobs and trade, reports the Washington Post. Although […]

August 7, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans are less likely to be laid off than at any point in at least 50 years. In July, only 66 of every 10,000 people in the workforce claimed new unemployment benefits, trending at the lowest point on record going back to 1967. While these figures mean that Americans […]

July 24, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer published an op-ed in today’s N.Y. Times, in which he outlined the Democratic Party’s “better deal” for American workers. The three stated goals of the new agenda are to increase pay, reduce expenses, and provide workers with tools for the new economy. Democrats will announce policy proposals to stop prescription […]

July 10, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Recently, a federal magistrate judge in San Francisco ruled to allow a labor lawsuit against GrubHub to go forward, denying the company’s motion for summary judgment. Lawson v. GrubHub was first filed in 2015, and it is one example of an ongoing case that could help answer the question of whether gig economy workers should […]

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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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