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Labor and the End of the Roberts Court

Jul 14, 2022 Damon Silvers

The last month marked not just the temporary end of women’s constitutional right to choose, but also the permanent end of the current Supreme Court as a respected institution in American life. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and West Virginia v. EPA are the endgame conceptually (though I fear not practically) of the rot that […]

The Court’s “Major Questions Doctrine” Is a Canon of Deregulation — and Could Be Bad News for Labor

Jul 6, 2022 Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

Last week, in West Virginia v. EPA, the Court concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act when it sought to regulate carbon dioxide emissions through a cap-and-trade system. West Virginia already has the damaging effect of severely limiting the EPA’s ability to “respond to the most pressing […]

Employers’ Commitments to Providing Abortion Access for Employees Underscore the Need for Unions

Jul 1, 2022 Swap Agrawal

Reproductive justice organizations have not been alone in responding to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe in its decision in Dobbs last week — employers have also made moves to secure abortion access for their employees. Specifically, many companies have committed to financially assisting employees who now have to travel out of their state to […]

July 1, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

In today’s news and commentary: the Supreme Court threatens Biden’s climate agenda and other executive branch policymaking in West Virginia v. EPA; the Court denies cert to a state Covid-19 vaccine challenge; most employers do not plan on covering abortion-related travel costs; labor agencies receive budget increases; and Biden’s top labor advisor resigns. Yesterday, the […]

Union Density and the Post-Roe Crisis

Jun 28, 2022 Sharon Block

Low-wage workers in the United States face a great deal of precarity in 2022 as a general matter — and the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade last week has increased that precarity for millions. The degree of that precarity varies greatly depending in which state a worker lives. In regions of the U.S. that precarity […]

June 27, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

In today’s news and commentary, employers react to Dobbs with criticism, internal policy change, or silence. Employers — in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule Roe v. Wade — are offering to reimburse travel expenses for employees who cross state lines to access safe, legal abortions. Companies such as Disney […]

A Quick Look at the Supreme Court’s Fresh Focus on Employment Arbitration

Jun 22, 2022 Jonathan R. Harkavy

In the shadow of a Supreme Court docket about to nullify women’s autonomy, agency, and humanity, and amplify public danger from carrying guns outside the home, it would be easy to overlook the Court’s quiet focus on employee arbitration. Four decisions (all in cases brought by women) touch directly on workplace arbitration, and the early […]

June 7, 2022
News & Commentary

Travis Lavenski

In today’s news and commentary, the Supreme Court unanimously sides with a Southwest Airlines worker in an FAA dispute; Genwa workers in Los Angeles win their first contract; and Planned Parenthood opposes unionization in Massachusetts. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Southwest Airlines employee Latrice Saxon on Monday in a case involving the […]

Janus and the Court’s Decision to Overrule Roe v. Wade

May 5, 2022 Andrew Strom

The country has been rocked by the news that the Supreme Court seems poised to issue a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that will overrule the 49 year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade guaranteeing the right to an abortion for women who can find a provider. (As a blog that deals with issues […]

March 21, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

In today’s news and commentary, the New York Times settles allegations of suppressing pro-union worker speech and the Supreme Court takes up a(nother) forced-arbitration dispute. The New York Times is at the center of another free-speech controversy. The Times recently agreed to stop illegally interfering with workers’ organizing rights by telling technology workers that they […]

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Labor and the End of the Roberts Court

The Court’s “Major Questions Doctrine” Is a Canon of Deregulation — and Could Be Bad News for Labor

Employers’ Commitments to Providing Abortion Access for Employees Underscore the Need for Unions

July 1, 2022

Union Density and the Post-Roe Crisis

June 27, 2022

A Quick Look at the Supreme Court’s Fresh Focus on Employment Arbitration

June 7, 2022

Janus and the Court’s Decision to Overrule Roe v. Wade

March 21, 2022