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September 18, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

UAW enters its fourth day of striking with plans to meet Stellantis at the negotiating table; 13 of the 14 bargaining units representing Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will negotiate new contracts in the next six months; a Brazilian labor court ordered Uber to pay ~$205 million in fines for irregular working relations with app drivers; unions across many sectors press lawmakers to curb potential threats from artificial intelligence

August 23, 2023
News & Commentary

Peter Morgan

For the first time, the United States has requested a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. A committee chaired by the United States Trade Representative (Katherine Tai) and the Secretary of Labor (Julie Su, acting) had sent a petition to Mexico to review allegations that the Grupo Mexico had violated the […]

Tech@Work — August 10, 2023

Aug 10, 2023 Maddie Chang

In today’s Tech@Work, the EEOC Chair lists AI hiring bias among agency's top priorities; and workers for gig work platform Urban Company organize protests over poor working conditions in four Indian cities.

August 3, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

A National Labor Relations Board ruling overturns a Trump-era employer-friendly standard for assessing workplace rules and employer handbook policies; The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the union representing a majority of Boston transit workers reached a new labor agreement; Three former tour dancers have filed lawsuits against pop star Lizzo accusing her of creating a hostile work environment; Massachusetts voters may have the chance to decide whether ride-share drivers are independent contractors or employees with the right to unionize

June 25, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

The Directors Guild of America ratifies a new contract; a House Committee report accuses Temu of selling goods made with forced labor; and past evidence suggests New York City’s new delivery driver minimum wage will increase wages without increasing prices.

June 14, 2023
News & Commentary

Peter Morgan

In today’s news: the NLRB returns to its Obama-era standard for identifying independent contractors, UPS agrees to the Teamster’s demand for air-conditioned trucks, and Alamo Drafthouse announces the likely elimination of the projectionist position days after its projectionists at a NYC location filed to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took a crucial step […]

April 16, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

Unions at Rutgers University paused a week-long strike after reaching a framework for a new agreement; France’s Constitutional Council upheld the constitutionality of a plan to raise the retirement age; a former employee of Smoothstack Inc. filed a class action over alleged wage theft; a new research paper explained algorithmic wage discrimination by gig companies.

9th Circuit Revives Constitutional Challenge to Employee Classification Law

Mar 20, 2023 Michelle Berger

Federal court breathes new life into Uber’s challenge to California‘s worker-classification law.

March 19, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

Ninth Circuit reinstates Uber's Equal Protection challenge to California's AB5; reduction in SNAP benefits could lead to "hunger cliff" for low-wage workers; Amazon workers start unionizing campaign at Kentucky facility; ex-Google employees ask company to honor parental leave.

March 15, 2023
News & Commentary

Jacqueline Rayfield

California court finds Proposition 22 legal; Michigan Senate votes to repeal right to work laws; American Airlines pilots authorize strike vote.

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OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

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