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DOL Announces Pact to End Verizon Strike

May 27, 2016 Jon Weinberg

The New York Times reports that the Department of Labor has successfully brokered a four-year agreement in principle between Verizon and the unions representing nearly 40,000 striking workers. The parties are meeting this afternoon to draft language that can be ratified by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and employees […]

May 26, 2016
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

As the debate over the proposed settlement in O’Connor v. Uber continues, some advocates have focused on how deference to arbitration agreements is a fundamental problem. Katherine V.W. Stone writes for the Economic Policy Institute that “it is now more clear than ever that everyone who cares about employment rights and the fair treatment of workers should support […]

Gig News: Named Plaintiff, Others Object to Uber Settlement

May 17, 2016 Jon Weinberg

Caroline O’Donovan reports for Buzzfeed that named plaintiff Douglas O’Connor is among those who have filed objections to the proposed settlement in O’Connor v. Uber, the federal class action challenging the classification of Uber drivers as independent contractors. O’Connor “is removing his name from the landmark class-action suit for which he was a key plaintiff. He is […]

Gig News: Liss-Riordan Statement on Revised Lyft Settlement

May 11, 2016 Jon Weinberg

As Reuters reports, Lyft has agreed to a revised $27 million settlement in the California class-action lawsuit Cotter v. Lyft after a previous proposed $12.25 million settlement was rejected by Judge Vince Chhabria. Shannon Liss-Riordan and Matthew D. Carlson, the attorneys who brought the case on behalf of drivers, have provided OnLabor with the following statement regarding the revised settlement:

Gig News: As Debate Over Uber Settlement Continues, Three Federal Judges Dismiss Similar Suits

May 10, 2016 Jon Weinberg

While debate continues over the proposed settlement in O’Connor v. Uber, three other federal cases (summarized below) were recently dismissed by federal district judges who enforced Uber’s mandatory arbitration clauses. According to the judges in these cases, because Uber’s arbitration clauses delegate questions of arbitrability to an arbitrator and contain satisfactory opt-out and class action […]

May 10, 2016
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

The legal fight over North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” continues – and it turns on whether Title VII prohibits sexual orientation or transgender (gender identity) discrimination in the workplace. CNN reports that “the United States and North Carolina tangled over transgender rights on Monday, with the Justice Department filing a civil rights lawsuit over the state’s so-called […]

Gig News: O'Connor Documents Show Uber Drivers Owed $730 Million if Employees

May 10, 2016 Jon Weinberg

Reuters reports that court documents made public yesterday show Uber drivers covered by the O’Connor class action, namely those who worked for Uber in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years, would be owed an estimated $730 million in expense reimbursements alone if they were found to be employees. Meanwhile, the O’Connor settlement, if […]

The Verizon Strike, The Virtual Picket Line, & The Labor Movement

May 4, 2016 Jon Weinberg

36,000 Verizon workers across the Northeastern United States are currently on strike in the largest American work stoppage since 2011. The workers, represented by the Communication Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are primarily motivated by concerns about job protection from outsourcing and the creation of well-paying jobs via expansion of services. […]

May 1, 2016
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

Today is May Day. CNN explains how and why May Day is connected to the labor movement and labor rights, while the Chicago Tribune notes how marches are planned for today across the United States. This year, “events are planned in cities from New York to Los Angeles to call for better wages for workers, an […]

Gig News: Uber Settlement Raises Questions on Monetary Payments and Tipping

Apr 27, 2016 Jon Weinberg

The recent settlement announced between Uber and drivers in California and Massachusetts in suits over driver classification (analyzed here) continues to receive extensive coverage. While questions about the “drivers’ association” have been highlighted in recent commentary, controversy has also arisen over the settlement amounts and how the settlement treats the tipping of drivers. Settlement Amounts […]

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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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DOL Announces Pact to End Verizon Strike

May 26, 2016

Gig News: Named Plaintiff, Others Object to Uber Settlement

Gig News: Liss-Riordan Statement on Revised Lyft Settlement

Gig News: As Debate Over Uber Settlement Continues, Three Federal Judges Dismiss Similar Suits

May 10, 2016

Gig News: O'Connor Documents Show Uber Drivers Owed $730 Million if Employees

The Verizon Strike, The Virtual Picket Line, & The Labor Movement

May 1, 2016

Gig News: Uber Settlement Raises Questions on Monetary Payments and Tipping