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Tascha Shahriari-Parsa is a student at Harvard Law School.

January 13, 2023
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

The NLRB orders Amazon to recognize and bargain with ALU; the California Supreme Court is ruling on the compensation of inmates awaiting trial; the EEOC signals focus on discrimination by AI in hiring decisions; striking nurses at Mount Sinai reach agreement.

December 16, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

NLRB GC: Student-athletes are employees under NLRA

December 2, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

The Senate disappoints railway workers by failing to add sick leave to Biden's imposed contract; the Senate nonetheless passes the imposed contract without sick leave; a new report details the role of state attorneys general in a just transition

November 18, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

A nationwide Starbucks strike of 112 stores; Iran metal workers join the resistance; Sanders vies to take Murray's seat as HELP committee chair; and the NLRB Union challenged the General Counsel's plan to change their telework policy

A Path Forward for Amazon Workers: Digital Picketing

Nov 16, 2022 Sharon Block, Benjamin Sachs and Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

If Amazon can move its business online, then labor law requires that the union be able to move its picket line online too.

November 4, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

Biden NLRB proposes changes to its decertification rules; Ontario education workers plan to strike in the face of legislation threatening fines of $4,000/day per worker; Illinois voters gear up for a constitutional amendment to ban right-to-work laws in the state

Is Joy Silk on the Menu at Starbucks?

Oct 28, 2022 Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

A recent ALJ decision gives the NLRB an opportunity to reconsider its remedial certification decisions.

October 21, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

GC Abruzzo releases a memo on 10(j) settlements; Amazon workers vote against unionization; internal Starbucks survey shows office workers’ faith in the company is at an all-time low

October 7, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

SCOTUS grants cert in a case on NLRA preemption of state tort claims; 9th Cir. hears oral arguments on $1/day detainee wages

September 23, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

In today’s news and commentary: voting begins for what would be the first ever union within Congress; NLRB approves Amazon’s request for a hearing postponement; polls show increased support for court expansion. Yesterday, the Congressional Workers Union began voting on whether to unionize within Congress for the first time in history. “This is a historic […]

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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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A Path Forward for Amazon Workers: Digital Picketing

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Is Joy Silk on the Menu at Starbucks?

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