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May 5, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

In a 93-6 vote, the Senate has blocked attempts to override President Obama’s veto of a recent union election law. Last month, President Obama vetoed a Senate Joint Resolution that would have halted the implementation of new NLRB rules on union elections. The Hill discusses the vote. The Wall Street Journal discusses Bain v. California Teachers Association, a case involving four California teachers whom […]

April 21, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

At Vox, AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka discusses the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the problems it may pose for organized labor. The AFL-CIO has pulled all donations to congressional campaigns in opposition to the TPP, which is currently on a “fast track” for approval by Congress. As Trumka discusses, the AFL-CIO is deeply concerned about certain aspects of the […]

March 27, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

A jury has dismissed gender bias claims against Silicon Valley venture capital giant Kleiner Perkins. Plaintiff Ellen Pao had brought a suit against Kleiner Perkins alleging that she was not promoted due to her gender, and that she experienced retaliation — culminating in termination — for complaining. Jurors were found to be a vote short on dismissing one retaliation claim, […]

March 24, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

The United Auto Worker’s Special Convention on Collective Bargaining kicks off in Detroit today. The two-day convention, which occurs once every four years, is a key platform for members to express opinions, and for the UAW to consolidate its negotiating position. An activist group within the UAW, the Autoworker’s Caravan, has noted it believes the number one […]

March 10, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

The Supreme Court has released its opinion in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, a significant administrative law case impacting the Labor Department and NLRB’s rule-making authority. In a 9-0 decision, the Court held that an executive agency can change its interpretation of its own rules/regulations without going through a notice-and-comment period. This decision overturns the previous standard (the Paralyzed Veterans doctrine), which […]

February 24, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

Lawmakers in Wisconsin’s state legislature have begun debating a new right-to-work law, which would ban unions from drawing dues from nonsupporting members. The Wisconsin law, which would require the approval of Gov. Scott Walker to go into force, has been particularly charged given Walker’s potential 2016 Presidential bid. Though Gov. Walker stated in 2012 that he would […]

January 27, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

The Supreme Court has ruled that a chemical company may cut the health benefits of retired workers, rejecting a presumption that health-care benefits have vested in an employment contract. The decision, M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, unanimously reverses a Sixth Circuit decision that had adopted a presumption that health care benefits are considered “vested” unless a union’s collective-bargaining agreement includes clear […]

January 13, 2015
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Mach Mining, L.L.C. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a case which will determine whether federal trial courts can oversee the EEOC’s pre-lawsuit settlement procedures. The EEOC has a statutory obligation to try to negotiate an end to unlawful employment practices prior to bringing a bias case. To date, lower courts […]

December 16, 2014
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

The NLRB has delivered an opinion changing its policy on arbitration agreements, tightening the standards under which it will evaluate the findings of an arbitrator over unfair labor practices before deferring to those findings. The burden of showing why a court should agree to an arbitrator’s standard has now also shifted to the party favoring deferral. Under […]

November 18, 2014
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

On Monday, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez visited Boston and participated in panel discussions on Massachusetts’ minimum wage and sick leave policies. (Earlier this month, Massachusetts passed a referendum requiring businesses with 11 or more workers to let employees earn up to 40 hours of paid sick time per year; in June, it raised the minimum wage to $11/hour […]

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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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