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From the Shop Floor to “World Court”: the Right to Strike and the Scope of International Labor Law

Since 1919, the International Labor Organization (ILO) (now a UN specialized agency) has been setting global labor standards through a unique, tripartite process that involves not only governments but worker and employer organizations. Further, workers and employers also assist in the supervision of these standards through their participation in various committees. However, disputes over the […]

Ruelas v. County of Alameda — California Pretrial Detainees Denied Minimum Wage for Corporate Labor (Part 1)

Pretrial detainees in Santa Rita Jail are forced to labor for Aramark, a food-preparation company that provides meals to third parties outside of the jail. Neither Aramark nor the county pays detainees for their labor.  In 1990, California amended its constitution to allow companies to contract with prisons — facilities run by the state or federal government that detain convicted offenders — for labor, so long as prisoners were paid comparable wages to non-inmate laborers.  

Cut College Sports’ Gordian Knot: Go Straight to Collective Bargaining (Part I)

The Case for College Sports Bargaining This is Part I of a two-part series on collective bargaining in college athletics. Federal judge Claudia Wilken’s June 6 settlement approval in the House v. NCAA antitrust lawsuit is not the culmination of college sports’ evolution from hypocritical amateurism to open professionalism. It’s a plot thickener. Fearful of even greater […]

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