The Strike Zone—June 7, 2021
May 25, last week, was the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Professional athletes...
The Strike Zone—June 7, 2021
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Prevailing Wage Laws and Bringing Back Accountability to the Contracting Chain
Prevailing Wage Laws and Bringing Back Accountability to the Contracting Chain
Manuel had spent all of a blistering Texas summer putting up drywall in the University of...
The Strike Zone—College Athlete Right to Organize Act
The Strike Zone—College Athlete Right to Organize Act
Congressional Democrats have pushed forward another front in the movement to reshape college...
Workplace Harassment and the Ministerial Exception
Workplace Harassment and the Ministerial Exception
An in depth article on this topic by the author, titled "When Harassment at Work is...
Lawmakers Should Oppose New York’s Uber Bill: Workers need real sectoral bargaining not company unionism
Lawmakers Should Oppose New York’s Uber Bill: Workers need real sectoral bargaining not company unionism
Uber and other gig companies are rushing to pass a bill in the final weeks of Albany’s...
The “Dignity of Work,” its Racist Roots, and How it’s Threatening Reform
The “Dignity of Work,” its Racist Roots, and How it’s Threatening Reform
“Dignity of work” rhetoric has long been used to justify conditioning welfare assistance and...
The Strike Zone—May 24, 2021
The Strike Zone—May 24, 2021
Welcome to The Strike Zone, a new biweekly feature dedicated to labor and employment...
The NLRB’s unjustified expansion of Catholic Bishop is a threat to all employees at religious institutions.
The NLRB’s unjustified expansion of Catholic Bishop is a threat to all employees at religious institutions.
Should workers lose the protections of labor law simply because they work for religious...
Sectoral Bargaining is Coming to New Zealand
Sectoral Bargaining is Coming to New Zealand
In a recent post on this blog, Dr David Madland examined the resurgence of interest in sectoral...
To Protect Concerted Activity, the NLRB Should Overturn Alstate
To Protect Concerted Activity, the NLRB Should Overturn Alstate
“Employees shall have the right . . . to engage in . . . concerted activities for the purpose...
On Work: What it Does to us and What we Can Do About it
On Work: What it Does to us and What we Can Do About it
Echoing Marx, it was Mark Fisher who likened capitalism’s core nature to that of an “abstract...
Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice
Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice
When I was in 4th grade I was elected Treasurer of the Kiwanis Kids Club where I was in charge...