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New York City's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Feb 28, 2014 Alison Deich

In October of 2013, New York City enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Act). Under the new law, most employers in New York City must provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers. This post will explain what the Act accomplishes, why it was necessary, and how the rest of the country can learn from New York’s […]

Cases in the Pipeline — Challenges to Union Security Clauses

Feb 28, 2014 Nikolas Bowie

As members of the Supreme Court draft their opinions in Harris v. Quinn — the case we have been closely watching because it may determine the future of union security clauses for public-sector workers — a number of other potentially significant cases challenging security clauses in public and private contexts are brewing in the lower […]

Guest Post: The Latest Developments and Implications in the Effort By Northwestern Football Players to Form a Union

Feb 26, 2014 Rebecca Livengood

Rebecca Livengood, J.D. Harvard Law School 2012, Law Clerk to the Honorable Stewart Dalzell, U.S. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. UPDATED: An earlier version of this post mistakenly referred to NCAA Bylaw 15.3.3.1 as prohibiting schools from offering athletic scholarships for longer than one year. The NCAA recently lifted this prohibition. The NLRB began holding a hearing last […]

Guest Post: What Union Decline Has Meant for the Economic Fortunes of African-Americans

Feb 26, 2014 Jake Rosenfeld

Jake Rosenfeld is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington and Co-Director of the Scholars Strategy Network Northwest. His book on the consequences of labor union decline, What Unions No Longer Do, is available from Harvard University Press. Earlier this month, the UAW’s high-profile, high-stakes organizing drive of a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga ended […]

UAW Files Objections with the NLRB Related to Interference in Chattanooga Election

Feb 21, 2014 Jordan M. Grossman

The UAW today filed objections with the NLRB “related to the interference by politicians and outside special interest groups in the union representation election held last week at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant.” Their full press release is below: UAW appeals outside interference in union representation election for Chattanooga Volkswagen workers 02/21/14 DETROIT, Mich. – The UAW filed an […]

A Rerun Election in Chattanooga?

Feb 21, 2014 Benjamin Sachs

Today is the deadline for the UAW to file objections to the election that was held last week at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Moshe Marvit has a helpful analysis of some of the background on this issue, and his piece is worth a read. But I think there’s another important decision that, in […]

Guest Post: What Unions No Longer Do

Feb 20, 2014 Jake Rosenfeld

Jake Rosenfeld is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington and Co-Director of the Scholars Strategy Network Northwest. His book on the consequences of labor union decline, What Unions No Longer Do, is available from Harvard University Press. The Supreme Court’s recent hearing of arguments in the Harris v. Quinn case along with […]

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 […]

Union Loses Election in Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant

Feb 15, 2014 Scott Hochberg

The results are in after three closely-watched days of voting in Chattanooga. By a margin of 712-626, employees have rejected the UAW’s bid to represent them. Republican opponents of the union campaign have expressed satisfaction at the outcome, while Volkswagen has pledged to respect the workers’ decision.

An Explainer: Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga Begins to Vote on Union Question Today

Feb 12, 2014 Scott Hochberg

After months of media coverage, the Volkswagen manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will hold an NLRB election starting today to determine whether a union will guide future labor-management relations at the plant. If the union wins, Volkswagen and the UAW would establish a German-style works council, the first of its kind in the United States. Last week, […]

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