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Jon Weinberg is a student at Harvard Law School.

June 28, 2015
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

The Boston Globe reports that more than 35,000 home care workers in Massachusetts have won a $15 minimum wage. Under the agreement between the government and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, wages will rise in stages and reach $15 an hour by July 2018. According to the Globe “the personal care attendants […]

Gig News: Instacart Converts Some Workers from Contractor to Employee Status

Jun 23, 2015 Jon Weinberg

The Wall Street Journal reports that gig economy firm Instacart will convert some of its 7,000 workers presently categorized as independent contractors to part-time employees. According to the Journal, “the move applies exclusively to workers who are embedded in grocery stores preparing orders for drivers who make deliveries. Drivers and workers who both shop and drive will […]

June 23, 2015
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

The Daily Beast published an extensive story on the efforts of Cablevision and its executive James Dolan to fight the Communications Workers of America in the three years since some Cablevision employees voted to join the union. Noting that the National Labor Relations Board accused Dolan and Cablevision of violating federal labor law by committing […]

Gig News — June 10, 2015

Jun 10, 2015 Jon Weinberg

This post is part of an ongoing series on labor and the gig economy. Senator Mark Warner has emerged as a leading advocate for gig economy workers. The Virginian-Pilot reports that Sen. Warner gave a speech last week at the New America Foundation noting his concern about the lack of protections for independent contractors in […]

June 9, 2015
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

The Atlantic published a comprehensive story by Steven Greenhouse documenting systematic, comprehensive efforts by Wal-Mart to dissuade its 1.3 million U.S. employees from unionizing. Greenhouse goes through the history of Wal-Mart’s anti-union posturing and also analyzes leaked internal documents and a video which deride unions, “suggesting that unions were money-grubbing outfits caring little about workers’ […]

May 31, 2015
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

Governors in Illinois and Ohio have downplayed right-to-work laws in their respective states. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has quietly ceased pursing right-to-work zone legislation as part of his agenda, according to WSIL-TV. Meanwhile, while campaigning for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Ohio Governor John Kasich said he doesn’t believe Ohio needs a right-to-work law, the […]

May 26, 2015
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

The long-running West Coast ports labor dispute has formally ended, according to The Wall Street Journal. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union announced that 82% of the 20,000 cargo handlers they represent at 29 ports ratified a five-year agreement with terminal operators and shipping companies. Shipping delays resulting from the dispute could cost retailers $7 […]

Gig News — May 19, 2015

May 19, 2015 Jon Weinberg

This post is part of an ongoing series on labor and the gig economy. The Wall Street Journal published contrasting opinions on whether the gig economy is good for workers. Rachel Botsman, who teaches a class on the collaborative economy at Oxford University, argues that the gig economy is “enabling individuals to take entrepreneurial risks […]

May 10, 2015
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

President Obama was criticized for choosing to visit Nike as part of his push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, because of Nike’s troublesome overseas labor practices. The Los Angeles Times outlines some of the most prevalent criticisms of Nike in spite of improved practices. The New York Times has more on the conflict in […]

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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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June 28, 2015

Gig News: Instacart Converts Some Workers from Contractor to Employee Status

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