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January 6, 2017
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Leora Smith

In The American Prospect Professor Alan Draper writes about the correlation between the decline of union membership and the rise of right-wing populism. Draper notes that Michigan and Wisconsin, traditionally Democratic states which flipped in the Presidential election, are two of the three states that have experienced the sharpest decline in union density in the […]

January 5, 2017
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

At Vox, Matthew Yglesias points out that President-Elect Trump has appointed protectionists to key positions in his administration. On Tuesday, Trump announced his intention to name Robert Lighthizer to the post of U.S. trade representative (USTR). Lighthizer, a former deputy USTR in the Reagan Administration and a practicing trade lawyer, has been a critic of recent […]

January 4, 2017
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Lauren Godles

Democratic representatives and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka shared a rare moment of unity with President Elect Trump during a press conference yesterday morning, in which they pledged to support Mr. Trump in revising NAFTA and other trade deals. During the conference, Trumka specifically called for tougher trade enforcement and the reworking of labor deals in NAFTA, while […]

January 3, 2017
News & Commentary

Alexa Kissinger

Law360 published a list of employment cases to watch in 2017. The upcoming attractions include the ongoing debate over class action waivers, the NLRB’s decision regarding joint employer liability in Browning-Ferris, whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bars employers from discriminating against an employee because of his or her sexual orientation, and more. The article […]

January 2, 2017
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

In an op-ed for the L.A. Times, Scott Martelle outlines the potential threats to labor from a Trump administration with the N.L.R.B., Department of Labor, and federal legislation all subject to change under the new administration. However, Martelle believes that the various threats may actually be a good thing for the labor movement, providing a […]

January 1, 2017
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Alexander W. Miller

At midnight, a new law in France went into effect granting workers the “right to disconnect,” requiring companies with more than 50 employees define hours when workers will not be required to check their email or remain available for work communications. Though the law includes no sanction for noncompliance, French unions strongly backed the measure as a way […]

December 30, 2016
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Vivian Dong

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka published this week an op-ed in the New York Times criticizing President-Elect Trump’s claims to represent the interests of workers. Mr. Trumka argues that unions, not the President-Elect, ought to possess the mantle when it comes to asserting worker rights. He also casts suspicion on Trump’s sincerity when it comes to […]

December 29, 2016
News & Commentary

Jon Weinberg

One of the nation’s largest labor unions is preparing to respond to Trump with less. Writing for Bloomberg Businessweek, Josh Eidelson reports that an internal memo shows the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is planning a 30 percent budget cut over the next year. The memo cites fear that a Republican-controlled federal government will enact […]

December 28, 2016
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Hannah Belitz

At the New York Times, Leslie Picker disputes Donald Trump’s claim that a “tax holiday” would lead to an influx of cash that would, in turn, create new jobs. As Picker explains, “American corporations have kept an accumulation of earnings abroad because they would be subject to paying more taxes when they bring it home.” Current law […]

December 27, 2016
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Edward Nasser

Stanley Greenberg and Anna Greenberg ask whether Barack Obama was bad for Democrats in the New York Times. Among their insights, “Mr. Obama also offered only tepid support to the most important political actor in progressive and Democratic politics: the labor movement.” Tesla and Panasonic announced a deal where the Japanese electronics company will invest […]

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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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