Weekend News & Commentary—January 17, 2021
Some 6,000 front-line workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote by mail in...
Weekend News & Commentary—January 17, 2021
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Litigating ICE’s “Voluntary Work Program”
Litigating ICE’s “Voluntary Work Program”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers are the nation’s largest...
Today’s News & Commentary — Thursday, April 2nd
Today’s News & Commentary — Thursday, April 2nd
6.6 million people signed up for state unemployment benefits last week, according to...
Senator Wagner Still Speaks, And We Should Listen
Senator Wagner Still Speaks, And We Should Listen
My new book, How the Working Class Can Help the Middle Class: Reintroducing Non-Majority...
What is Happening to French Labor Law?
What is Happening to French Labor Law?
It has been a dramatic year for French unions. On September 22, 2017 President Emmanuel Macron...
The NLRB’s Misguided Reasoning on Civility Codes
The NLRB’s Misguided Reasoning on Civility Codes
In The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017), the Trump majority wrapped itself in the guise...
Are Worker Centers Democratic?: Revisiting the “Labor Organization” Question
Are Worker Centers Democratic?: Revisiting the “Labor Organization” Question
The Department of Labor is currently investigating several worker centers to determine whether...
The Trump NLRB’s Administrative Law Problems
The Trump NLRB’s Administrative Law Problems
One week last December, President Trump’s NLRB reversed five significant Board precedents. It...
Progressive Reform or Constitutional Violation? Thirteenth Amendment Questions at the Heart of Criminal Justice Debt Reforms
Progressive Reform or Constitutional Violation? Thirteenth Amendment Questions at the Heart of Criminal Justice Debt Reforms
In the past few years, criminal justice debt has received growing attention from legal scholars...
Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Uber Unionization
Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Uber Unionization
On May 11, the Ninth Circuit dealt a blow to a Seattle city ordinance permitting Lyft and Uber...
North Carolina Uses State Constitution as a Source of Public Employee Rights
North Carolina Uses State Constitution as a Source of Public Employee Rights
To punctuate Aubrey Sparks’ insightful May 16, 2018, post about state constitutions as a source...
State Constitutions and Protections for Workers
State Constitutions and Protections for Workers
In October of 1977, a group of attorneys walked out of the Supreme Court building, having...