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April 7, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

The March jobs report revealed that the U.S. added 196,000 jobs last month, exceeding forecasts and demonstrating recovery from February’s slowdown. The numbers in Friday’s monthly report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate strong, sustainable economic growth. Unemployment remains at 3.8%. The New York Times explains that wage gains – March 2019’s hourly wages […]

March 10, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Labor activist and union organizer Nerexda Soto was arrested Wednesday when she met with Unite Here workers on site at the Hyatt-owned Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood. A small group of Unite Here Local 11 workers and supporters protested the arrest Friday. Protestors demand that hotel management allow union representatives to communicate with members on […]

February 24, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Employee pay and benefits comprise a declining percentage (52.7%) of the gross domestic income, even as unemployment rates remain low and demand for workers high. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the percentage figure for labor income fell again in 2018’s third quarter, for the fourth straight quarter. To translate the effects of this […]

Protecting Worker Power with Antitrust

Feb 19, 2019 David Seligman and Brian Shearer

Workers principally have two ways to exercise power in the labor market: exit and voice (as labor scholar and former Department of Labor Administrator David Weil has explained). Labor law is concerned with worker voice, namely the right of workers to engage in concerted action to exercise power in their workplace. But worker exit is […]

February 10, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will likely join the 2020 presidential race today, amid stories depicting her tyrannical style of workplace management. Klobuchar’s habits as a boss have marred her efforts to launch her campaign and distinguish herself in an increasingly crowded race, for she has been unable to secure high-level staffers after a decade of […]

January 27, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

The government shutdown ended Friday afternoon after 35 days. Many political players and commentators are attributing Trump’s “caving” on the border wall to Nancy Pelosi’s prowess at controlling the struggle between the parties, or to rising public resentment and fear of the shutdown’s long-term economic and social costs. But it is worth highlighting that hours […]

OnLabor Reaches One Million Views

Jan 14, 2019 Sejal Singh

Last week, OnLabor reached our one millionth page view! We are thrilled and grateful to all of you—our readers, contributors, and community—who have helped us grow into a hub of conversation about labor law, politics, and power. To celebrate the work of our contributors and the dedication of our readers since our founding, we’ve compiled […]

January 13, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Sunday is day 22 of the shutdown. Furloughed federal employees will receive back pay for these days, as approved by the House and Senate late last week. Contractors’ back pay will be attended to in separate legislation, now pending. As the Washington Post explains, employees in unpaid status who must show up to work are […]

Antitrust Laws and Collective Action

Jan 7, 2019 Jonathan R. Harkavy

Charlotte Garden’s insightful essay at Take Care about how antitrust laws are being used as a bludgeon against union collective action immediately brings to my mind Andrew Strom’s OnLabor post about the so-called “Powell Memo.” My hope is that considering these two posts together will fortify what both OnLabor contributors have to say. To refresh, […]

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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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Protecting Worker Power with Antitrust

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OnLabor Reaches One Million Views

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Antitrust Laws and Collective Action

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