Collecting Money is Too Hard for Workers Who Have Experienced Wage Theft
When I learned I would be joining the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s (HLAB) Wage-and-Hour practice,...
Collecting Money is Too Hard for Workers Who Have Experienced Wage Theft
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Jon Levitan
Jon Levitan is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.
Today’s News & Commentary — December 14, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — December 14, 2021
More news has continued to come out about the collapse of the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville,...
TV Review: Capitalism is the Killer in Netflix’s Squid Game
TV Review: Capitalism is the Killer in Netflix’s Squid Game
This post contains spoilers. There are a number of horrifying moments in Squid Game, the...
Today’s News & Commentary — November 30, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — November 30, 2021
Yesterday, the NLRB officially ordered a rerun election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer,...
Today’s News & Commentary — November 16, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — November 16, 2021
A potential strike by IATSE—which would have been the largest in this country since 2007—has...
Today’s News & Commentary — November 2, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — November 2, 2021
The autumn of discontent marches on. At midnight on Sunday, about 500 steelworkers in Ohio went...
The Strike Wave May be Coming. Nonunion Workers Have Been the Ones Stirring the Waters.
The Strike Wave May be Coming. Nonunion Workers Have Been the Ones Stirring the Waters.
The exercise of worker power is undoubtedly on the rise this autumn. Labor twitter has deemed...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 18, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — October 18, 2021
In response to the historic unionization drive in Buffalo, Starbucks management has seemingly...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 4, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — October 4, 2021
The results of the IATSE strike vote came in yesterday, and they were emphatic: over 98% voted...
Joy Silk Can’t Help the Workers in Bessemer. What Can?
Joy Silk Can’t Help the Workers in Bessemer. What Can?
The Joy Silk doctrine—which would raise the penalty for employers who commit unfair labor...
Today’s News & Commentary — September 21, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary — September 21, 2021
The Gig Workers Collective is calling on customers to boycott the grocery delivery app...
Today’s News & Commentary—September 7, 2021
Today’s News & Commentary—September 7, 2021
It was not a happy Labor Day for millions of Americans, as they abruptly lost the unemployment...