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Explainer: What Does President Obama’s Equal Pay Day Executive Order Change?

Apr 21, 2014 Rachel Homer

On April 8, Equal Pay Day, President Obama signed two orders meant to promote gender equality in pay among federal contractors. We covered the story at the time. The first, Executive Order 13665, entitled “Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information,” prohibited federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their salary with coworkers. The second, […]

Guest Post: The House Hearings on the NLRB – Not What You Learned in Your Civics Textbook

Mar 10, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. Last week, instead of watching House of Cards, I decided to watch the real Congress in action. I sat down one night with a bowl of popcorn to watch the archived webcast of a hearing conducted by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. You can […]

What Detroit’s Bankruptcy Plan Means for City Employees

Mar 6, 2014 Brad King

Background Last summer, Detroit filed for bankruptcy under chapter 9 of bankruptcy code. This seldom-used provision offers federal ground rules for the City to restructure its $18 billion debt. Detroit hopes to exit chapter 9 by getting judicial approval of a plan of debt adjustment. Using a plan of adjustment, a municipal debtor can shed […]

The Retirement of George Miller: A Retrospective on One of Labor's Most Persistent Advocates in Congress

Feb 20, 2014 Jordan M. Grossman

Last month, Congressman George Miller announced that he was retiring from the House of Representatives after 40 years of service. Miller has served on the House Education and Workforce Committee since entering Congress in 1975 – serving as Chairman from 2007 to 2010 and Ranking Member since then – becoming one of the most influential […]

President Obama's Use of Executive Power to Strengthen Workers' Rights: A Backgrounder

Feb 11, 2014 Jessica Harris

Two weeks ago, in his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama proclaimed a “year of action” in which he would use his executive powers to advance his agenda, in spite of a deadlocked Congress. In particular, the President announced that he intended to issue an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal […]

Evaluating the War On Poverty On Its 50th Anniversary: Why How We Measure Matters So Much

Jan 16, 2014 Jordan M. Grossman

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America” in the 1964 State of the Union address. In the decades since, some have questioned whether these efforts made any real progress. As President Reagan famously proclaimed in 1987, “we waged a war on poverty, and poverty won.” In fact, just […]

Roundup of Reactions to Oral Argument in NLRB v. Noel Canning

Jan 14, 2014 Brad King

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning. The much-anticipated case concerns the scope of the President’s “Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate . . . .” As Ali noted in last week’s explainer, the question arises in the context of an Order […]

National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning: An Explainer

Jan 9, 2014 Alison Deich

In National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, the Supreme Court will consider when and how the President may appoint members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Ordinarily, the President fills vacancies on the NLRB by appointing new Board members with the advice and consent of the Senate. However, the Recess Appointments […]

An Explainer: What’s Happening with Domestic Workers’ Rights?

Nov 6, 2013 Rachel Homer

A high proportion of low-wage workers in this country are what we would call domestic workers. Any account of the working poor and middle class in America must consider how domestic workers are faring in our economy. But one the key tools that workers have historically used to improve wages and working conditions—unionization—is unavailable to […]

Senate Confirms Richard Griffin as General Counsel of the NLRB

Oct 29, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

Tonight, the U.S. Senate voted 55-44 to confirm Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). No Republicans voted to confirm Griffin, but seven voted to allow the confirmation vote to proceed. The General Counsel role has not been filled by a Senate-confirmed appointee for over three years. Griffin was […]

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