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Why Conservative Attacks on Federal Agencies Are at Odds with the Constitution

Feb 17, 2023 Alex Rowell

Employers are trying to prevent Congress from giving federal agencies broad authority to protect workers. One big problem with this line of attack: it’s inconsistent with the Constitution’s original meaning.

Labor and the End of the Roberts Court

Jul 14, 2022 Damon Silvers

The last month marked not just the temporary end of women’s constitutional right to choose, but also the permanent end of the current Supreme Court as a respected institution in American life. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and West Virginia v. EPA are the endgame conceptually (though I fear not practically) of the rot that […]

State Constitutions — Another Progressive Step

Jan 24, 2022 Jonathan R. Harkavy

Applying its state constitution’s “fruits of their own labor” clause, the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently took another step toward workplace justice for governmental employees. The Court ruled that a discharged city employee had alleged a colorable violation by his employer of North Carolina’s constitutional provision ensuring “the enjoyment of the fruits of their […]

The Union Win at Starbucks May Seem Small, But It Could Be a Very Big Deal

Dec 14, 2021 Steven Greenhouse

The union victory at a single Starbucks in Buffalo might seem like small potatoes — the vote was 19 to 8 — but in many ways it is a very big deal. It’s the only one of Starbuck’s 8,900 company-owned cafés in the U.S to unionize. Also, it’s a very rare day that workers win a […]

The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka

Aug 12, 2021 Jon Hiatt

Since the unexpected death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on August 5, many who knew and worked with Rich have posted tributes focusing on a variety of leadership roles that he took on: in the Western Pennsylvania mines as a young health and safety committee chairman; in the Mineworkers for Democracy’s struggle to save that […]

Prevailing Wage Laws and Bringing Back Accountability to the Contracting Chain

Jun 3, 2021 Nick Wertsch

Manuel had spent all of a blistering Texas summer putting up drywall in the University of Houston’s new $124 million dormitory before he began to believe that his employer, a contractor on the university project, had been paying him nearly a third less than what he was entitled to under the law. During a know-your-rights […]

Sectoral Bargaining is Coming to New Zealand

May 21, 2021 Pauline Bomball

In a recent post on this blog, Dr David Madland examined the resurgence of interest in sectoral collective bargaining in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Support for sectoral bargaining has also gained traction in New Zealand in recent years, culminating in a proposal, by the New Zealand government, for the implementation […]

The Requirements for Notice of Termination and Just Cause in Canadian Employment Law

May 4, 2021 David Doorey

In a recent OnLabor post, Michael Migiel-Schwartz examined the growing movement to abolish at-will employment, the distinctly U.S. employment law doctrine that permits employers to terminate employees for no reason at all with no prior notice. Several months ago, Professors Kate Andrias and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez published a detailed report for the Roosevelt Institute arguing for […]

The Re-emergence of Sectoral Bargaining in the US, Britain, Australia and Canada

Apr 22, 2021 David Madland

Sectoral bargaining — which seeks to cover all workers in an industry or region with a collective bargaining agreement and ensure that similar work receives similar pay — has re-emerged as a political issue in the US as well as Britain, Australia, and Canada. As I highlight in my new book, Re-Union: How Bold Labor […]

Labor and COVID-19: A Long and a Short Attack on Progressive Collective Action

Feb 12, 2021 Jenny Hunter

If you cast your mind back over the decades that have elapsed since March 2020, you might dimly remember the early-pandemic feeling of solidarity. While the American public has never been unanimous, about the pandemic or anything else, last spring there were “We’re All In This Together” yard signs, public applause for essential workers, and […]

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Why Conservative Attacks on Federal Agencies Are at Odds with the Constitution

Labor and the End of the Roberts Court

State Constitutions — Another Progressive Step

The Union Win at Starbucks May Seem Small, But It Could Be a Very Big Deal

The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka

Prevailing Wage Laws and Bringing Back Accountability to the Contracting Chain

Sectoral Bargaining is Coming to New Zealand

The Requirements for Notice of Termination and Just Cause in Canadian Employment Law

The Re-emergence of Sectoral Bargaining in the US, Britain, Australia and Canada

Labor and COVID-19: A Long and a Short Attack on Progressive Collective Action