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Guest Post: How Unions Fight for the Economic Security of Nonmembers

Apr 1, 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. A common narrative of organized labor portrays unions as self-interested organizations focused solely on preserving their […]

EEOC Meeting on Social Media and the Workplace

Apr 1, 2014 Brett M. Kalikow

On March 12, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public meeting that according to EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien “helped the EEOC understand how social media is being used in the employment context and what impact it may have on the laws we enforce and on our mission to stop and remedy discriminatory practices in the workplace.” […]

NLRB Regional Director Rules that College Athletes are "Employees"

Mar 26, 2014 Nikolas Bowie

In what ESPN calls a potentially “game-changing” moment for college athletics, the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago has ruled that college football players who receive scholarships are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act and are therefore entitled to unionize. The decision will likely be appealed to the full Board in Washington […]

House Committee Reviews President’s 2015 Budget Proposal for Department of Labor

Mar 26, 2014 Emily Cusick

On Wednesday, March 26, the House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing entitled, “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal for the Department of Labor.” Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez was the only witness called by the Committee. In his Fiscal Year 2015 budget proposal, President Obama requests $11.8 billion in […]

Chattanooga: Right-to-Work Sues VW and UAW on 302 Theory

Mar 13, 2014 Benjamin Sachs

Several Volkswagen employees, represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, have sued VW and the UAW on the theory that the parties’ “Agreement for a Representation Election” is a “thing of value” that violates § 302 of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. 186. In particular, the plaintiffs claim that Volkswagen agreed to […]

Highlights of President Obama's Budget Request for the Department of Labor

Mar 12, 2014 Jordan M. Grossman

Last week, President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2015, which included a proposed $200 million increase in funding for the Department of Labor, for a total of $11.8 billion. According to the Department, the request “targets investments to improve job training and employment programs; strengthens enforcement of laws that protect workers’ wages […]

Overview: How Different States Respond to Public Sector Labor Unrest

Mar 11, 2014 Kirsten Bass

Recently, public sector transit workers have been in the spotlight, receiving a significant amount of media attention as a result of strikes that effectively halted transportation in the city of San Francisco. This labor strife reignited a dialogue nationwide about whether public sector workers should be allowed to strike. Many states’ laws are silent on […]

UNITE HERE’s Harshly Critical Report About Obamacare

Mar 11, 2014 Jack Goldsmith

Late yesterday, UNITE HERE confirmed to the On Labor staff that the union authored a report, The Irony of ObamaCare: Making Inequality Worse, that has been circulating on mainly conservative news sites recently. The report has gained attention because it is one of the broadest and harshest attacks yet on the Affordable Care Act by the labor movement. The report argues that Obamacare […]

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 […]

Olympics Aftermath: How Are Workers Being Treated in Sochi?

Mar 8, 2014 Rachel Homer

Russia spent $51 billion to build facilities for the Sochi Olympics. Much of the construction work was performed by at least 100,000 migrant workers who endured poor working and living conditions, and were never paid the promised wages for their work. (Workers were treated similarly poorly in the run-up to the 2008 summer games in […]

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