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Julia Huang is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.

The Aftereffects of IATSE’s Strike Authorization

Feb 3, 2022 Julia Huang

On January 29, 2022, postproduction staff at Vice Media ratified a new three-year agreement with the company by a 97% margin. These staff members are a part of Local 700, the Editors Guild of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). The union members secured 40-hour workweeks, down from 50 hours, and high pay […]

Workplace Discrimination in the Remote Environment

Dec 22, 2021 Julia Huang

More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in roughly half of paid work hours being logged from home, many workers continue to opt into working remotely. In a survey of 33,250 participants conducted by the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute between May 2020 and March 2021, 77.6% of those able to work […]

Is There a Right Way to Secure the Right to Return?

Dec 20, 2021 Julia Huang

Imagine working for an employer for most of your life and drawing on your years of experience to help you proficiently perform your job. You invest your time, you befriend your coworkers, and you support your family with this steady stream of income. But when the global pandemic hits, due to circumstances outside of your […]

Hidden in the Infrastructure Bill: Interstate Teen Driving of Commercial Semi-Trucks

Nov 22, 2021 Julia Huang

The House has finally passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Among many other things, it promises spending on road improvements and broadband access. But in a potentially dangerous move, the infrastructure bill invites young 18- to 20- year old drivers to drive semi-trucks on interstate highways, instead of solving the industry’s turnover and recruitment […]

OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

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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The Aftereffects of IATSE’s Strike Authorization

Workplace Discrimination in the Remote Environment

Is There a Right Way to Secure the Right to Return?

Hidden in the Infrastructure Bill: Interstate Teen Driving of Commercial Semi-Trucks