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In 6-3 Vote, Supreme Court Holds Title VII Applies to Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Jun 15, 2020 Benjamin Sachs

The Court's opinion is here. We will have an opinion review shortly and a complete news roundup tomorrow.

Police Unions: It’s Time to Change the Law and End the Abuse

Jun 4, 2020 Benjamin Sachs

Collective action is the source of working people’s power. It is the source of the labor movement’s power. It is the source of power that has enabled workers to secure – through unionization and collective bargaining – fairness and dignity at work, living wages, protection against discrimination and harassment, and safe and healthy working conditions. […]

A Safer, More Equitable Reopening

May 20, 2020 Sharon Block, Brishen Rogers and Benjamin Sachs

As the country moves toward “reopening,” we face a critical pair of questions. The first is how businesses can begin operating again while ensuring the safety of the millions of workers who will return to their jobs. It is clear that we cannot rely on the Trump administration to accomplish this crucial task – after […]

A Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy

Jan 23, 2020 Benjamin Sachs

After eighteen months of highly collaborative work involving over seventy academics, organizers, lawyers, and students from around the world, we released this morning the report and recommendations of the Clean Slate for Worker Power project. You can learn all about the project at cleanslateworkerpower.org. Our full Report is available here, and the Executive Summary here. […]

Privileging Property in the NLRB Email Case

Dec 19, 2019 Benjamin Sachs

As Ryan reported yesterday, the Board has overruled Purple Communications and held that employees—in most circumstances—may not use an employer’s email system to communicate about unionization or other section 7 activity. The effects of this decision (Rio All-Suites Hotel) are likely to be significant given the fact that, in many workplaces, the only way that employees […]

Respecting the Right to Strike at Harvard

Dec 16, 2019 Sharon Block, Benjamin Sachs and Laura Weinrib

According to the Crimson, Harvard has circulated an email advising departments seeking to hire spring teaching fellows (and other student workers) to include certain language in job postings and offer letters. The Crimson reports that the email “recommends departments include a provision in postings and offer letters that conditions teaching fellow positions on whether candidates […]

The Necessary Next Step for Gig Workers in California

Sep 13, 2019 Benjamin Sachs

Sharon and I have a piece up at WaPo today making the case that California should follow AB5 with a new law that gives gig workers the right to form unions and collectively bargain with their employers.

Will California Legislate Fairness for Gig Workers?

Sep 9, 2019 Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block

The battle for the gig economy’s future is underway in California. The fight is over a proposed bill – AB5 – that would classify many gig workers, including Uber and Lyft drivers, as employees for purposes of California employment law. Should AB5 be enacted, gig workers would win important protections like minimum wage, overtime pay, […]

The Uber/Lyft Drivers’ Association, Unionization, and Labor Law Reform

Jun 25, 2019 Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs

In her second post on the Uber/Lyft drivers’ association, Veena Dubal rightly celebrates the success of the recent Uber/Lyft work stoppages. The example of workers, who have no labor or employment law rights, engaging in the kind of collective action that she describes is inspirational. Dubal also raises some important criticisms of the IDG, criticisms […]

The Uber/Lyft “Workers’ Association” Debate

Jun 19, 2019 Benjamin Sachs

Over at Law and Political Economy, Veena Dubal writes an important piece that raises concerns about Uber and Lyft’s suggestion that drivers in California form a “workers’ association.” Dubal worries that such an association would amount to a company union that would “necessarily impede” the development of fully independent, exclusive-representative unions at the gig firms. Given […]

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In 6-3 Vote, Supreme Court Holds Title VII Applies to Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Police Unions: It’s Time to Change the Law and End the Abuse

A Safer, More Equitable Reopening

A Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy

Privileging Property in the NLRB Email Case

Respecting the Right to Strike at Harvard

The Necessary Next Step for Gig Workers in California

Will California Legislate Fairness for Gig Workers?

The Uber/Lyft Drivers’ Association, Unionization, and Labor Law Reform

The Uber/Lyft “Workers’ Association” Debate