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Melissa Greenberg is a student at Harvard Law School.

April 4, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Beginning on Monday and continuing on Tuesday, teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky protested at their state capitols. Inspired by the successful teacher walkout in West Virginia, teachers in these states are demanding action from their state’s legislatures. Although Oklahoma recently enacted a bill increasing teacher pay, teachers have demanded that the state raise their pay […]

March 25, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Earlier this week, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. government to consider enacting tariffs against China and to publish a proposed list of the goods that will be subject to protective tariffs within 15 days. There will be a 30 day notice and comment period after the list of goods is published. […]

March 16, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Yesterday, in a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit vacated the fiduciary rule, which was issued by the Obama Administration. The Fifth Circuit found that the Department of Labor had acted arbitrarily and capriciously under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Department of Labor’s interpretation of “investment advice fiduciary” in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act should not be accorded deference under Chevron. The Fifth […]

March 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Public school teachers in West Virginia ended their strike yesterday when the state Senate agreed to grant teachers a five percent raise and voted to ratify the pay raise 34-0. Inspired by the actions in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky have reportedly been thinking about striking as well. Read more about the strike’s relationship […]

February 21, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

An article in Law360 describes the National Labor Relations Board Inspector General’s report on the decision of NLRB Member Bill Emanuel not to recuse himself from Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors Ltd. This case reversed the joint employer standard established in Browning-Ferris Industries. Previous to his appointment to the Board, Bill Emanuel worked for Littler Mendelson P.C. […]

February 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

The Boston Globe reports that a group of 500 airport workers at Logan Airport are preparing to strike this afternoon. Employed by ReadyJet and Flight Services & Systems, these baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners, and skycaps, have authorized a strike in response to alleged threats and intimidation by management during these workers’ unionization drive. […]

January 31, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Last night, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress. In terms of policy goals, President Trump focused on infrastructure spending and immigration reform. President Trump put forth a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to “give us the safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure our economy needs and our people deserve.” The […]

January 17, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

In “The Case for Letting Uber Drivers Organize,” Samuel Estreicher argues that the 1914 Clayton Act allows rideshare drivers to organize without violating antitrust law. In the Clayton Act, Congress exempted workers from antitrust principles. Congress specified, “the labor of a human being is not an article in commerce.” While there has been legal controversy […]

January 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

The Trump Administration estimates that the first stage of its plan to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico would cost $18 billion over the next ten years. This money would be used to build 316 miles of a new physical barrier and strengthen 407 miles of existing wall between Mexico and […]

January 3, 2018
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

The Washington Post examines Congress’s full agenda in the face of impending deadlines. Priorities include legislation to stave off a government shutdown, the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and concerns over the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Congress’s Continuing Resolution ends on January 19, and Congress must […]

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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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