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Conditioning Tax Incentives on VW's Union Status?

Feb 11, 2014 Benjamin Sachs

As the date for the union election at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant approaches, state lawmakers are threatening to withhold tax incentives from the automaker if the union wins the election. But conditioning the availability of tax incentives on VW’s union status would in all likelihood be preempted by federal labor law, and therefore illegal. Here’s the most […]

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 […]

NLRB Proposes Amendments to Election Rules and Regulations

Feb 6, 2014 Brett M. Kalikow

Today, the NLRB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to “amend its rules and regulations governing the filing and processing of petitions relating to the representation of employees for purposes of collective bargaining with their employer.” The proposed rulemaking was announced yesterday. The proposal is “aimed at modernizing processes, enhancing transparency and eliminating unnecessary litigation […]

Have Unions and Their Democratic Allies Found a Powerful 2014 Campaign Issue in Medicaid Expansion?

Feb 5, 2014 Jordan M. Grossman

Despite labor unions’ disappointments with other aspects of the Affordable Care Act, over the past year, they have been aggressively advocating for states to opt into one of the law’s main provisions: the Medicaid expansion. Recent public opinion polling suggests that, in the face of widespread resistance to expansion by Republican governors and legislatures across the country, unions’ and […]

House Committee Hearing on "OSHA's Regulatory Agenda"

Feb 3, 2014 Emily Cusick

On Tuesday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m., the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing entitled “OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda: Changing Long-Standing Policies Outside the Public Rulemaking Process.” The subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), stated in a media advisory today: “On numerous occasions the Obama administration has circumvented […]

Volkswagen and the UAW Reach Agreement for NLRB Election On Forming A Works Council at Chattanooga Facility

Feb 3, 2014 Jordan M. Grossman

Today, the UAW issued the following press release about a major development in their efforts to organize the workers from the Chattanooga, Tenn. Volkswagen facility that we have been covering: For immediate release: Feb. 3, 2014 Volkswagen workers to vote on union representation DETROIT –Volkswagen workers from the Chattanooga, Tenn., facility will vote in an election […]

Labor Law Meets College Football: A Union for NCAA Athletes

Jan 31, 2014 Benjamin Sachs

Football players at Northwestern University want a union, and they have now filed a petition with the NLRB requesting a union election. The petition is the latest round in a long-running struggle between college athletes – who are paid essentially only with tuition – and the colleges they play for – which earn many, many […]

Changing Clothes, from the Steel Mills to the Ski Slopes

Jan 27, 2014 Nikolas Bowie

Earlier today, the Supreme Court decided Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., 571 U.S. ___ (2014), a case about whether employers are required to pay employees for the time they spend changing into and out of protective gear (and a case for which we wrote an Explainer back in October). With a few hints that he wished […]

The Problem with the WSJ's Appeal to Scalia

Jan 24, 2014 Benjamin Sachs

The Wall Street Journal editorial page is concerned that Justice Scalia might provide a fifth vote to affirm the seventh circuit’s decision in Harris v. Quinn. The Journal believes that there is a “first constitutional principle” at stake in Harris and that “such a stalwart supporter of the First Amendment as Justice Scalia” should not […]

Robots and Labor (Continued)

Jan 24, 2014 Jack Goldsmith

The Financial Times (behind paywall) reports on a speech by Google’s Eric Schmidt on the effects of robot technology on labor, in which Schmidt says: “There is quite a bit of research that middle class jobs that are relatively highly skilled are being automated out,” he said. The auto industry was an example of robots […]

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