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March 17, 2017
News & Commentary

Leora Smith

President Trump released his budget proposal yesterday and it includes deep cuts to almost every area of discretionary spending. Of seventeen spending categories only Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs have proposed increases. The budget proposal slashes funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 31%, to the Department of Agriculture by 21%, and completely eliminates […]

March 16, 2017
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland dealt a blow to President Trump’s revised travel ban yesterday. In Honolulu, U.S. District Court Judge Derrick K. Watson granted a nationwide temporary restraining order preventing the Trump Administration’s executive order from taking effect. Hours later, U.S. District Court Judge Theodore D. Chuang in Maryland issued an order preventing […]

March 15, 2017
News & Commentary

Lauren Godles

Labor and employment issues are in the spotlight this week as advocates continue the battle over the President’s pending nominees. Politico reports that “Democrats have settled on their line of attack against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee: He’s anti-worker!” Critics of Judge Gorsuch have focused on his ruling against a professor who lost her job after taking time off to recover from cancer and […]

March 14, 2017
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Jon Weinberg

While Uber attempts to discourage the unionization of drivers in Seattle, some drivers are challenging the municipal law giving drivers the right to organize. According to the Seattle Times, “the drivers are seeking a temporary restraining order barring the city from enforcing the law — the first of its kind in the country — saying it goes […]

March 13, 2017
News & Commentary

Maia Usui

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s Labor nominee, Alexander Acosta, has been rescheduled due to scheduling conflicts. The hearing is now set for March 22. In the meantime, Acosta has been meeting one-on-one with senators to drum up support for his nomination. Several Democrats have still not made up their mind on Acosta, Bloomberg BNA reports, and will continue to scrutinize his […]

March 12, 2017
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Lauren Godles

In response to the February Jobs Report, the President retweeted a post Drudge Report, pronouncing the economy “GREAT AGAIN: +235,000.” Through this claim, the President attempted to take credit for the results of trends established under President Obama. The New York Times Editorial Board writes that the gains made for middle and low-income workers in the past two years are largely […]

March 10, 2017
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Vivian Dong

The U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in February, decreasing the unemployment rate slightly from 4.8% to 4.7%. The job gains occurred mostly in construction, private educational services, manufacturing, and health care. The number of long-term unemployed people stayed at 1.8 million. The Atlantic published an article yesterday on the threat posed by President Trump to […]

March 9, 2017
News & Commentary

Isis Freeman

Congresswomen Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) stood in solidarity with rallying crowd of women for International Women’s Day. According to Politico, labor unions such as the American Federation of Teachers and National Nurses United were in attendance. Rep. Schakowsky addressed the protestors, stating, “American women still earn far less than men 50 years […]

March 8, 2017
News & Commentary

Hannah Belitz

Today is International Women’s Day, and many women around the country are participating in a strike that has been billed as “A Day Without a Woman.” The action is intended to highlight the economic importance and impact of women on society, and it was organized following the Women’s March on January 21. CNN reports that American women “aren’t […]

March 7, 2017
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

House Republicans publicly released their long awaited health care plan. The Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal each offer details on the new plan. Vox and Forbes offer more in depth analysis. Two of the most significant provisions of the plan will replace the individual mandate with tax incentives, and replace means-tested […]

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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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