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April 20, 2014
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

On Friday, the Seventh Circuit rejected a challenge to a Wisconsin law that prevents public sector workers from collective bargaining on issues other than base wages. In Laborers Local 236 v. Walker, Wisconsin’s “Act 10” was challenged as an unconstitutional restriction on workers’ First Amendment free association rights, as well as the right to petition […]

April 18, 2014
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

In Tennessee, the dispute over the United Auto Workers’s unsuccessful election at a Chattanooga Volkswagen plant continues in the lead up to a hearing before the NLRB on Monday, April 21. TN Attorney General Bob Cooper filed motions yesterday asking the NLRB to revoke subpoenas issued by the UAW to Governor Bill Haslam, House Speaker Beth Harwel, and […]

April 17, 2014
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Carly Rush

According to the New York Times, President Obama is focusing on job training and immigration reform in a campaign to help Democrats retain control of the Senate. As part of this effort, the President announced $600 million in new grants for apprenticeship programs and skills training at community colleges. The article also describes the widely-reported […]

April 16, 2014
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Brad King

New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed legislation giving unpaid interns the right to sue if they’re harassed or discriminated against by their employer. As the New York Times explains, the bill is the latest chapter in the ongoing debate over the implications, both legal and moral, of unpaid and low-paid internships. Sally […]

April 15, 2014
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Jordan M. Grossman

The Wall Street Journal reports that Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro recently sent a “letter to all the presidents of NCAA Division I football schools” regarding the unionization efforts by members of the school’s football team. The letter notes that Northwestern is prepared to pursue its legal appeal of the regional NLRB ruling that players can unionize all […]

April 14, 2014
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The Boston Globe reports that Mayor Marty Walsh’s administration and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 718 have reached a tentative deal on a collective bargaining agreement. The fire fighters will vote on the contract, whose terms are currently undisclosed, this week and then the contract will go before the City Council. This is […]

April 13, 2014
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Emily Cusick

The New York Times editorial board questioned world financial institutions’ macroeconomic policies in an editorial entitled “Recovery for Whom?” Because of the economic plight facing young jobless Millennials, there may be a generation facing insurmountable financial odds—the Times writes that “starting one’s work life in a poor economy can translate into lower earnings and less career attainment over a lifetime.” […]

April 11, 2014
News & Commentary

Kirsten Bass

The Boston Globe reports that two Boston police unions have ratified labor deals that will cost taxpayers an estimated $34 million over a six-year period, some of which covers retroactive years. The unions represent superior detectives and superior officers. The contracts will now go to the City Council for approval and then to the mayor for […]

April 10, 2014
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Brett M. Kalikow

The Paycheck Fairness Act fell short in the Senate yesterday, as it failed to garner the 60 votes needed to overcome a Republican filibuster, the New York Times reports. As the Huffington Post notes, this is the third time the Act has failed in the Senate. An editorial in the New York Times discusses the […]

April 9, 2014
News & Commentary

Nikolas Bowie

President Obama signed an executive order yesterday intended to help close pay disparities between men and women employed by federal contractors, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today report. The order bars federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their salaries and instructs the Labor Department to collect statistics on pay for men and women from such contractors. […]

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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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