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Author:Juan Espinoza Muñoz

Juan Espinoza Muñoz is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.

Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice

May 14, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

When I was in 4th grade I was elected Treasurer of the Kiwanis Kids Club where I was in charge of fundraising, writing checks, and bank deposit slips. I quickly used these skills to help my parents navigate bills, mail correspondence, and work documents. I remember going through pay stubs and comparing hours with tally […]

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

May 10, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

Carlos has dark brown hair parted neatly to the side, glasses over wise brown eyes, and arms folded over a sturdy build of more than 40 years working in the hospitality industry of Palm Springs. He wears a light blue polo shirt, and an American flag mask as we talk at his kitchen table. It’s […]

Invisible & Ignored Again: Domestic Workers Excluded from Vaccine Administration

Feb 13, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

A few weeks ago, I created a petition because domestic workers were not included in the current phase of vaccine administration. I did this because my mom and several of my aunts clean houses– including those of doctors exposed to Covid patients. Like most first-generation children of immigrants that help their parents navigate healthcare, I […]

OnLabor

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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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Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

Invisible & Ignored Again: Domestic Workers Excluded from Vaccine Administration