Public Banks: What Are They, and How Might They Impact Workers?
Since the Great Recession in 2008, a surge of discourse regarding public banking has emerged. Commonly pushed as a core piece of progressive legislation, states including New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey have recently introduced bills that would establish a...
Today’s News & Commentary — January 11, 2021
Last night, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot announced that a deal was reached with the Chicago teacher's union to reopen schools. According to the agreement, children will begin returning to school on Wednesday and schools will be implementing a complex safety plan with...
Unpreemption: The NLRB’s Untapped Power to Authorize State Experimentation
The 2020 election of President Biden coupled with Democratic control of Congress brought with it a new wave of hope for federal labor law reform. But as the prospects of such reform have dimmed, we are left where we have been for decades now: with a severely...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 10, 2022
The Washington Post published an analysis of an underdiscussed dynamic in the pandemic labor market: the dramatic increase in employee resignations in the manufacturing sector. Part of the increase is attributable to the elevated Covid risk present in a job...
How Surveillance Capitalism Disempowers the Working Class
Nurses have their footsteps tracked electronically. Cashiers are monitored by point-of-sale devices that measure their efficiency by the minute. Warehouse workers wear “haptic” wristbands evaluating their performance – and vibrating when they slack off. Delivery...
Weekend News & Commentary — January 9, 2022
The impasse between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago authorities came no closer to resolution this weekend, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected a proposal by the union to return to in-person instruction on January 18. “The best, safest place for kids to be is in...
Today’s News and Commentary—January 7, 2022
The Supreme Court will hear fast-tracked oral arguments today in a consolidated set of cases challenging the Biden administration’s OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) protecting workers against contracting COVID-19 at work and challenging a similar mandate...
Evidence of a New Antitrust Strategy Emerging: The FTC Sues to Halt a Book Publishing Merger
This July, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order that contained a multi-pronged approach to promoting corporate competition. Notably, the order included several elements targeting the impacts of consolidation on workers, such as a directive to the FTC...
Public Banks: What Are They, and How Might They Impact Workers?
Since the Great Recession in 2008, a surge of discourse regarding public banking has emerged. Commonly pushed as a core piece of progressive legislation, states including New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey have recently introduced bills that would establish a...
Today’s News & Commentary — January 11, 2021
Last night, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot announced that a deal was reached with the Chicago teacher's union to reopen schools. According to the agreement, children will begin returning to school on Wednesday and schools will be implementing a complex safety plan with...
Unpreemption: The NLRB’s Untapped Power to Authorize State Experimentation
The 2020 election of President Biden coupled with Democratic control of Congress brought with it a new wave of hope for federal labor law reform. But as the prospects of such reform have dimmed, we are left where we have been for decades now: with a severely...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 10, 2022
The Washington Post published an analysis of an underdiscussed dynamic in the pandemic labor market: the dramatic increase in employee resignations in the manufacturing sector. Part of the increase is attributable to the elevated Covid risk present in a job...
How Surveillance Capitalism Disempowers the Working Class
Nurses have their footsteps tracked electronically. Cashiers are monitored by point-of-sale devices that measure their efficiency by the minute. Warehouse workers wear “haptic” wristbands evaluating their performance – and vibrating when they slack off. Delivery...
Weekend News & Commentary — January 9, 2022
The impasse between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago authorities came no closer to resolution this weekend, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected a proposal by the union to return to in-person instruction on January 18. “The best, safest place for kids to be is in...
Today’s News and Commentary—January 7, 2022
The Supreme Court will hear fast-tracked oral arguments today in a consolidated set of cases challenging the Biden administration’s OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) protecting workers against contracting COVID-19 at work and challenging a similar mandate...
Evidence of a New Antitrust Strategy Emerging: The FTC Sues to Halt a Book Publishing Merger
This July, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order that contained a multi-pronged approach to promoting corporate competition. Notably, the order included several elements targeting the impacts of consolidation on workers, such as a directive to the FTC...
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