The results of our reader poll are in! We asked: What were the biggest developments in labor law in the past year? Our readers answered that Harris v. Quinn and the fast food campaign are the biggest developments. We’ll have some discussion of these t... More »
Our reader poll on the biggest developments in labor law in the past year is closing at noon today — get your votes in now! And see what some labor leaders have chosen so far. More »
This post has been updated below. We’ll continue to update this post throughout the week with more input from leading labor voices. As our reader poll continues, we wanted to share the votes of some leading labor voices. You can click here to add your ... More »
Looking back on 2014, it is clear that this has been (for better and worse) a major year in labor. From the Supreme Court to Chattanooga, TN, and from Northwestern football to McDonald’s restaurants, a lot has happened. Here at OnLabor, we’re int... More »
The threat of the Ebola virus remains at large in Western Africa, and the disease is impacting healthcare workers in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. In early November, hundreds of health workers involved in treating Ebola patients went on strike at a clinic... More »
Yesterday, Dissent Magazine‘s “Belabored” series interviewed Ben Sachs about Harris v. Quinn. The full podcast is available here, and the discussion of Harris v. Quinn begins at minute 7:00. We’ve covered Harris v. Quinn extensively &#... More »
Professor Ben Sachs is on HuffPost Live right now discussing Harris v. Quinn. More »
The Takeaway interviewed Professor Ben Sachs this morning to discuss Harris v. Quinn and its implications. The audio file is available here, and well worth a listen! Stay tuned for more analysis. More »
Changes in technology are putting pressure on the constitutional rules that determine when law enforcement officers need a search warrant to gather information. One rule that seems particularly strained is the “third party doctrine,” which maintains that the p... More »
Russia spent $51 billion to build facilities for the Sochi Olympics. Much of the construction work was performed by at least 100,000 migrant workers who endured poor working and living conditions, and were never paid the promised wages for their work. (Worke... More »
The Financial Times (behind paywall) reports on a speech by Google’s Eric Schmidt on the effects of robot technology on labor, in which Schmidt says: “There is quite a bit of research that middle class jobs that are relatively highly skilled are being automate... More »
In our continuing coverage of Wal-Mart’s labor and business practices, we now turn to some of the non-economic factors that influence employee satisfaction at the company. Part Two of this backgrounder, below, considers employee morale and the frequent complai... More »