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The Unconstitutionality of Section 9A

Jun 8, 2022 Jack Bartholet

The guideposts established by the Supreme Court for labor-related free speech rights have been shifting in recent years, but there ought to be serious doubts about the constitutionality of one Massachusetts labor law. Section 9A of Chapter 150E of Massachusetts state law provides, “No public employee or employee organization shall engage in a strike . […]

Electronic Visit Verification Surveils Homecare Workers and Clients

Jun 6, 2022 Miriam Shestack

Every day, in millions of homes around America, homecare workers integrate into their clients’ daily routines, helping them move from bed to wheelchair in the morning, or make dinner in the evening. Homecare enables seniors and people with disabilities to live in the community. Despite steep and growing demand for homecare services and low wages […]

Mexico Labor Law Reform & the USMCA — An American Explainer

Jun 3, 2022 Maxwell Ulin

Last month, U.S. trade authorities filed a complaint with Mexican officials to address labor violations at a major Panasonic auto plant in Mexico. The petition marks the third U.S. labor rights complaint against Mexico under the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which established new measures to ensure that Mexico follows through on promised union law reforms. […]

How Politics Ruin Union Financial Reporting

Jun 1, 2022 Eric Jang

The Office of Labor-Management Standard’s (OLMS) positions on union financial reporting and disclosure requirements resemble a pendulum, swinging back and forth in tune with the duopolistic nature of US elections. By facilitating a political battle between Democrats and Republicans over union financial reporting rules, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) has become overly complex […]

What’s the Matter with Workplace Wellness?

May 30, 2022 Miriam Shestack

In March 2022, Yale University announced a motion to settle a class action for $1.29 million after employees alleged that the University’s Health Expectations Program violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). About 6,000 union employees were required to participate in the program, designed to encourage employees to […]

Employer-Assisted Housing for Renters: Company Towns 2.0 or Increasing Access to Housing?

May 27, 2022 David Popoola

Renters in the United States face a crisis in the growing lack of housing availability and affordability. 70% of the lowest-income renters spent more than half their income on rent in fiscal year 2021. The problem of workers not being able to live where they work is also becoming increasingly acute. In only 7% of […]

GOP Judges Find Anti-Union Threats Funny

May 25, 2022 Andrew Strom

Assume you work at a media company, and workers at a rival media company go on strike. Your boss responds by tweeting, “FYI @[your company] first one of you tries to unionize I swear I’ll send you back to the salt mine.” That’s what happened in June 2019 when workers at Vox Media walked off […]

Massachusetts’s Prohibition on Public Employee Strikes Warrants Repeal

May 25, 2022 Jack Bartholet

For the third time since 2017, Massachusetts legislators have quietly suppressed a bill that would repeal Section 9A of Chapter 150E of the General Laws. Section 9A prohibits public employees like teachers from engaging in or encouraging “any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of services” and authorizes courts to use extreme measures like daily […]

Tech Worker Activism Presents Opportunities for Building Worker Power

May 23, 2022 Nicholas Anway

In relative terms, U.S. tech-worker activism is booming. Over 80 percent of the workplace actions taken by tech workers in the past decade have occurred since 2019, according to a recent report from Collective Action in Tech, an organization that documents worker organizing efforts in the tech industry. In 2021 alone, tech workers engaged in […]

If Degrowth Is Coming, What Does It Propose for Workers?

May 20, 2022 Hannah Hubbard

In 2015, countries participating in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change rallied around preventing the rise in average global temperatures beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. With an average rise of 1.5–2.0 degrees, scientists predict 70–90% loss of coral reefs globally, an explosion of natural disaster–related deaths, and displacement of up to 1.2 billion people […]

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The Unconstitutionality of Section 9A

Electronic Visit Verification Surveils Homecare Workers and Clients

Mexico Labor Law Reform & the USMCA — An American Explainer

How Politics Ruin Union Financial Reporting

What’s the Matter with Workplace Wellness?

Employer-Assisted Housing for Renters: Company Towns 2.0 or Increasing Access to Housing?

GOP Judges Find Anti-Union Threats Funny

Massachusetts’s Prohibition on Public Employee Strikes Warrants Repeal

Tech Worker Activism Presents Opportunities for Building Worker Power

If Degrowth Is Coming, What Does It Propose for Workers?