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Going, Garmon, Gone: Why States May Now Be Free to Redesign Labor Law

Jun 4, 2025 Benjamin Sachs

When President Trump removed Gwynne Wilcox from her seat on the National Labor Relations Board, he left the Board without a quorum. Since that time, the Board has been legally incapacitated: it cannot fulfill its statutory function of adjudicating unfair labor practice cases. At the time of Wilcox’ removal, I argued that by incapacitating the […]

What Unionization Could Offer Law Firm Associates: Protection and Voice

Apr 14, 2025 Benjamin Sachs

How labor law could protect associates who oppose their firms' deals with Trump.

Did Trump Just Suspend Garmon Preemption?

Jan 31, 2025 Benjamin Sachs

There are two strands of federal labor preemption, Garmon and Machinists. As the Supreme Court explained in Boston Harbor: When we say that the NLRA pre-empts state law, we mean that the NLRA prevents a State from regulating within a protected zone, whether it be a zone protected and reserved for market freedom, see Machinists, […]

Hawley Calls for a “Pro-Worker Framework”

Jan 10, 2025 Benjamin Sachs

Republican Senator Josh Hawley has circulated a document titled “A Pro-Worker Framework for the 119th Congress.” The document, available on Punchbowl News, lays out a set of proposals for labor law reform. The proposals, couched in broad terms and not in legislative language, include: requiring employers to post notices of NLRA rights and to affirmatively […]

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Dec 4, 2024 Benjamin Sachs

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The Road Ahead for Captive Audience Meetings

Nov 19, 2024 Benjamin Sachs

The Biden Board issued one of its most consequential holdings when it decided, in Amazon.com Services LLC, that captive audience meetings are an unfair labor practice. Otto has an explainer that reviews the decision in detail. Here I want to say a few words about how the Board’s decision interacts with the recent spate of state laws […]

Working Around Cedar Point: How California Can Get the Last Word on Union Access

Jul 22, 2024 Benjamin Sachs and Riva Han

Three years ago, the Supreme Court decided Cedar Point Nursery and held that a California regulation granting union organizers limited access to farm owner property constitutes a taking. As a result, in order for California to continue enforcing this Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) regulation and guaranteeing union organizers access to farm property, the state […]

Anti-Union Governors and Employee Free Choice

Jun 10, 2024 Benjamin Sachs

Ben Sachs on the recent anti-union governors' letter and its implications for free and fair union elections.

The Chicken-and-Egg of Law and Organizing

Apr 19, 2024 Benjamin Sachs

Ben Sachs on his recent piece with Kate Andrias addressing the chicken-and-egg dilemma of social-movement organizing.

Hey ALEC, Be Careful What You Wish For

Mar 8, 2024 Benjamin Sachs

Ben Sachs on ALEC's model statute conditioning economic development incentives on corporations' compliance with state-mandated labor practices - now the law in Tennessee.

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Going, Garmon, Gone: Why States May Now Be Free to Redesign Labor Law

What Unionization Could Offer Law Firm Associates: Protection and Voice

Did Trump Just Suspend Garmon Preemption?

Hawley Calls for a “Pro-Worker Framework”

Bluesky

The Road Ahead for Captive Audience Meetings

Working Around Cedar Point: How California Can Get the Last Word on Union Access

Anti-Union Governors and Employee Free Choice

The Chicken-and-Egg of Law and Organizing

Hey ALEC, Be Careful What You Wish For