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Nicholas Anway is a student at Harvard Law School.

August 1, 2022
News & Commentary

Nicholas Anway

In today’s news and commentary: Union representatives call for urgent heat protections for UPS workers and, at Starbucks, union organizing continues. Union representatives across the country are worried about the increasing number of UPS workers who have needed medical treatment for heat illness this summer. NBC News reported that UPS, the world’s largest package delivery […]

July 18, 2022
News & Commentary

Nicholas Anway

In today’s news and commentary: a labor reporter analyzes the factors driving the recent spike in union organizing; workers increasingly pick up extra jobs to pay for gas and food; conflicting data may show early signs of a weakening labor market; restaurant industry employment lags behind pre-pandemic levels; and lagging enforcement of transit worker protections […]

July 4, 2022
News & Commentary

Nicholas Anway

In today’s news & commentary: Atlantic City workers reach a labor agreement with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, union benefits extend beyond workers to employers and society, and a July Fourth reminder that election workers are a backbone of our democracy. Atlantic City casino workers and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino reached a tentative […]

June 20, 2022
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Nicholas Anway

In today’s news & commentary, the New York Times profiles a leading Starbucks union organizer, firings at SpaceX raise retaliation concerns, labor shortages at Amazon and construction companies present challenges nationwide, and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act takes effect. The New York Times published a profile on Jaz Brisack, the barista and Rhodes Scholar […]

New York City Takes First Step Towards Regulating Automated Hiring

Jun 10, 2022 Nicholas Anway

The next time you apply for a job, you may be scrutinized by an algorithm. Automated hiring software is already common. And its demand is accelerating as employers compete for employees in increasingly hot labor markets. According to Forbes, “99% of Fortune 500 companies rely on the aid of talent-sifting software, and 55% of human […]

June 6, 2022
News & Commentary

Nicholas Anway

In today’s news & commentary, labor market gains remain uneven across sectors and subgroups, and Apple Store employees in Maryland organize ahead of a June 15th union election. On June 6, Axios reported that the pandemic has significantly changed the composition of the U.S. labor market. Although “roughly 96% of jobs lost during the pandemic […]

Tech Worker Activism Presents Opportunities for Building Worker Power

May 23, 2022 Nicholas Anway

In relative terms, U.S. tech-worker activism is booming. Over 80 percent of the workplace actions taken by tech workers in the past decade have occurred since 2019, according to a recent report from Collective Action in Tech, an organization that documents worker organizing efforts in the tech industry. In 2021 alone, tech workers engaged in […]

Amazon’s Approach to Robotics Is Seriously Injuring Warehouse Workers

May 5, 2022 Nicholas Anway

Candace Dixon could barely climb the stairs. After lifting nearly 100,000 items in two months of working with robots at an Amazon fulfillment center, her back was severely damaged by bulging discs, inflammation, and chronic pain. Her doctor attributed her injuries “100 percent” to her workplace — and did not expect them to improve. As […]

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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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August 1, 2022

July 18, 2022

July 4, 2022

June 20, 2022

New York City Takes First Step Towards Regulating Automated Hiring

June 6, 2022

Tech Worker Activism Presents Opportunities for Building Worker Power

Amazon’s Approach to Robotics Is Seriously Injuring Warehouse Workers