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May 5, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has signed a bill that will increase the state’s minimum wage in steps over several years from $7.25 to $10.10, reports The Washington Post. “It is not fair, it is not right, it is not just that people should play by the rules, work 16-hour days and still be raising their […]

April 21, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

The United Auto Workers Union announced today it is dropping its efforts to force a new unionization efforts at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., reports the New York Times. After the union lost a vote at the plant in February, it asked the National Labor Relations Board to hold a new election, claiming the […]

April 7, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

The US Senate is expected to approve legislation today restoring unemployment benefits to nearly 3 million people, reports the New York Times. The bill is expected to face opposition from House Republicans. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats will bring up a bill to guarantee women equal pay for equal work. The New York Times reports on […]

March 10, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

The New York Times Editorial Board applauds recent steps taken by New York University and Columbia University to tighten their policies on unpaid internships to prevent exploitative arrangements. According to a report last year by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, nearly half of the internships taken by college students in the class of […]

February 24, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

Steven Greenhouse in the New York Times profiles the devastating effects of Wisconsin’s 2011 law restricting the rights of public sector unions. Championed by Governor Scott Walker, the law bars public sector unions from bargaining over pensions, health coverage, safety, hours, sick leave, or vacations, and restricts raises on base pay so they cannot exceed […]

February 10, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

A Bangladeshi court has jailed the owners of a garment factory in which more than 100 workers died in a 2012 fire. According to the Wall Street Journal, the owners, who were denied a bail application on Sunday, are charged with “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” and “causing death by negligence.” If convicted they […]

January 13, 2014
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today for the recess appointment case National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning (explained here). The L.A. Times Editorial Board urges the Court to reject the appeals court’s “extreme view” that recess appointments can be made only between formal sessions of Congress and only for the tiny number of […]

Is Public Sector Collective Bargaining Identical to Lobbying for First Amendment Purposes?

Dec 30, 2013 Max Utzschneider

The Petitioners in Harris v. Quinn argue in their merits brief that Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Educ. should be overturned, essentially asking the Court to declare all public sector “agency shop” or “fair share” agreements unconstitutional. (For more background on Abood and the “fair share” agreement in Harris v. Quinn, see this explainer.) This […]

December 30, 2013
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

The New York Times reports on the Democratic Party’s plans to focus the 2014 election season on raising the minimum wage at both federal and state levels. Raising the minimum wage is believed to be popular amongst voters in both parties, with a recent poll showing that even 57 percent of Republicans support increasing the […]

December 16, 2013
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

Joan Walsh in Salon connects America’s “low-wage work swamp” to the Democratic Party’s persistent failure in recent years to supplement its support of public assistance programs with a robust defense of the labor movement. The U.S. now has the highest percentage of low-wage workers in the developed world. A quarter of people who have jobs […]

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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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Is Public Sector Collective Bargaining Identical to Lobbying for First Amendment Purposes?

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