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February 21, 2014
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The New York Times reports that It is not just private-sector employers who are trying to evade the requirements of Obamacare’s insurance mandate – public sector workers around the country have had their hours cut or capped to keep them under 30 hours of work per week. The Affordable Care Act requires employers, both public […]

February 7, 2014
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The U.S. economy added a meager 113,000 jobs in January, reports the L.A. Times, in new statistics released this morning. The weak numbers are fueling fears that the U.S. economy may be slowing after its strong finish in 2013. The Wall Street Journal chronicles the debate between businesses over whether mandatory paid sick time, which […]

January 24, 2014
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that union membership in the U.S. held steady last year at 11.3% of the workforce, reports the L.A. Times. The statistics varied widely from state to state, with nearly one-quarter of workers in New York State reporting belonging to a union, but only 3% of workers […]

January 10, 2014
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The L.A. Times reports that the U.S. economy added just 74,000 jobs in December, the smallest increase in three years. The news was accompanied by a drop in the unemployment rate to 6.7%, the lowest level since October 2008. However, this decrease was driven by the number of Americans who have given up on looking […]

December 27, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The Wall Street Journal reports that McDonald’s has removed its “McResource” site, citing controversy over some of the information and advice that had been provided to its workers on the webpage. Workers’ rights groups, who have been pushing for higher wages for fast food workers, had mocked the website for including advice about applying for […]

December 13, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The New York Times profiles stories on unemployed workers, as the emergency federal unemployment-insurance program – which extended benefits by up to 73 weeks beyond state maximums – is set to expire at the end of the month. Meanwhile, the Washington Post highlights the impact the change will have on each state’s maximum weeks of benefit […]

November 29, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

In the first of two in-depth profiles on low-wage workers, The New York Times features the story of 58 year-old Eduardo Shoy, a New York City fast food worker who holds two jobs and is struggling to support a wife and children. The second profile featured in The Times details the increasingly common phenomenon of low-wage workers […]

November 15, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal argues that the Supreme Court should rule against Unite Here in the Mulhall case, suggesting that unions should have to convince individual workers of the value of their services, rather than getting companies to agree to neutrality agreements. The L.A. Times reports that California’s unemployment benefits fund is in […]

November 1, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

In the aftermath of a $34 million settlement for immigration law violations alleged against outsourcing firm Infosys, federal officials are pushing investigations into similar practices by other firms, according to The Wall Street Journal. Investigators are probing whether other companies committed visa fraud or violated record-keeping requirements. The New York Times reports that unemployment rates […]

October 18, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The New York Times reports that Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers in San Francisco are on strike as of midnight last night, after 28 straight hours of negotiation failed to resolve the impasse between union leaders and transit managers. The strike comes after the expiration a 60 day cooling-off period ordered by California Governor […]

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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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