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April 30, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

In California, the Los Angeles Times reports that El Super supermarket chain is accused of preventing workers from participating in a boycott and failing to negotiate with the employees’ union. The United Food and Commercial Workers represents approximately 600 store workers, and claims that the store has refused to negotiate over a new contract for […]

April 16, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

Yesterday, thousands of employees in an estimated 200 cities rallied for a $15 minimum wage, Politico reports. The Los Angeles Times reports that nearly 1,000 demonstrators rallied in Los Angeles. The Chicago Tribune reports that many adjunct professors participated in rallies in Chicago. As we’ve covered previously, adjunct professors often earn poverty-level wages, and have […]

April 2, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

Yesterday, McDonald’s announced that it would raise the wages of its employees to $10 per hour, Time reported. This comes shortly after both Wal-Mart and TJX also announced a pay increase for their lowest paid workers. But as Politico reports, and we noted yesterday, McDonald’s announcement only applies to the 5% of McDonald’s workers who are employed directly by the […]

March 19, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

The New York Times reports that Target plans to raise its wages to a minimum of $9 per hour for all of its employees starting this spring. Target currently has approximately 347,000 employees in the United States. Last week, Target that it will lay off 1,700 employees at its corporate headquarters. Several other large retailers, […]

March 5, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

[Updated] Today, the Wisconsin Assembly begins the final stages of debate on a “right to work” bill, Reuters reports. Assuming it passes, Governor Scott Walker could sign it as early as next week. Reuters spoke with Ben Sachs, who explained that the law could weaken unions over time, and because unions typically support Democrats, this could eventually “disable[] […]

An Explainer: What's Happening In Wisconsin?

Mar 2, 2015 Rachel Homer

This past Thursday, the Wisconsin Senate passed a so-called “Right to Work” bill, leading to protests in the state’s capital. What Is Wisconsin’s “Right To Work” Bill? Once a union is recognized as the representative of a bargaining unit, that union is obligated to collectively bargain on behalf of all employees, not just union members. […]

February 19, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

Today Wal-mart announced that it will raise wages for 500,000 employees to $9 per hour starting in April, Bloomberg News reports. The New York Times notes that this raise will cover approximately 40% of the workforce at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club (which is owned by Wal-Mart). The Washington Post speculates that this wage increase is […]

February 13, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

The Washington Post analyzed a recent study that had found that some newly unionized workplaces were more likely to close, employ fewer workers, and have lower wages. The Post found that the study was limited to the one year following a union election, and may not provide accurate information for later years, once the union […]

February 5, 2015
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

In immigration news, Congress and President Obama continue to fight over immigration reform. Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-backed bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security on the condition that none of the money go toward implementing President Obama’s executive action on immigration, according to the Los Angeles Times. The President’s executive action would […]

Canadian Supreme Court Recognizes Public-Sector Employees’ Constitutional Right to Strike

Feb 4, 2015 Rachel Homer

This past Friday, January 30th, Canada’s Supreme Court held in a 5-2 decision that the Canadian constitution protects the right of public-sector employees to go on strike, as reported by the Huffington Post and the Globe and Mail. In this case, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (S.F.L.) v. Saskatchewan, the Court struck down a Saskatchewan law […]

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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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April 30, 2015

April 16, 2015

April 2, 2015

March 19, 2015

March 5, 2015

An Explainer: What's Happening In Wisconsin?

February 19, 2015

February 13, 2015

February 5, 2015

Canadian Supreme Court Recognizes Public-Sector Employees’ Constitutional Right to Strike