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Cory Booker and Labor

Sep 26, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

Josh Eidelson at Salon has a good piece about Newark’s paid sick leave bill and the question of Cory Booker’s support for the legislation. We’ve covered Booker’s relationship with labor – and the teachers’ unions in particular – here.

An Explainer on Harris v. Quinn and the Constitutionality of Fair-Share Agreements

Sep 26, 2013 Max Utzschneider

On September 30, 2013, the Supreme Court will review the petition for a writ of certiorari in Harris v. Quinn. The case concerns a “fair-share” provision of a collective-bargaining agreement between the State of Illinois and a union representing Medicaid home-care personal assistants. Under the fair share provision, personal assistants covered by the agreement who […]

How Will the Launch of Health Insurance Exchanges Affect Workers?

Sep 26, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

On October 1st, one of the biggest elements of Obamacare will launch: the health insurance “exchanges,” also called “marketplaces.” What will this mean for workers? In short, it depends. First things first: what is a health insurance marketplace? As the Christian Science Monitor explains, “[t]he health care reform bill calls for each state to set up an ‘exchange,’ […]

Knox Update: California Moves to Intervene in Friedrichs

Sep 23, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

We’re following post-Knox litigation challenging the constitutionality of agency shop agreements in the public sector. In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, plaintiffs are seeking to enjoin enforcement of the provision of the California Educational Employment Relations Act that authorizes agency shops. The state of California has now moved to intervene for the purpose of defending the […]

Has the Employer in Mulhall Confessed to a Felony?

Sep 23, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

As we have already discussed, UNITE HERE Local 355 v. Mulhall is a case with potentially enormous implications and, yet, a case that the Court probably should not have taken. Jack has written about three problems with the Mulhall grant. But the employer’s brief, just filed, brings home yet another oddity of this case. The […]

An Explainer: What Are German-Style Works Councils?

Sep 23, 2013 Rachel Homer

We’ve been covering the developments at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the negotiations between VW and the United Auto Workers to establish a “German-style works council.” But what exactly is a German-style works council? Professor Sachs already recommended reading Joel Rogers and Wolfgang Streeck’s excellent summary. Thomas Geoghegan, an American labor lawyer, also wrote […]

Respondents’ Briefs in Mulhall

Sep 20, 2013 Jack Goldsmith

Today the respondents in Unite Here Local 255 v. Mulhall filed their briefs on the merits. Here is the brief by respondent Martin Mulhall. And here is the brief by respondent Hollywood Greyhound Park Inc. Thoughts next week.

Could Big Companies Dropping Health Coverage Actually Be A Good Deal For Workers?

Sep 20, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

Recently, a series of big companies have announced that they will drop health coverage for portions of their employees in light of the Affordable Care Act. The headlines have ranged from “UPS dropping coverage for employed spouses, IBM reworking retiree benefits,” Home Depot and Trader Joe’s dropping medical plans for part-time workers (though Trader Joe’s will […]

House Committee Hearing on the Future of Labor Union Organizing

Sep 19, 2013 Emily Cusick

Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hosted a hearing entitled “The Future of Labor Union Organizing.” Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, the list of speakers included: Mr. David R. Burton, General Counsel National Small Business Association (Washington, DC) Mr. Ronald Meisburg, Member of the Firm, Proskauer Rose […]

Senate Committee Approves Griffin Nomination for NLRB General Counsel

Sep 19, 2013 Emily Cusick

In an Executive Session yesterday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions approved the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr. as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. The Senate will now be able to vote on Griffin’s nomination, though no such vote is officially scheduled. Prior to his recess appointment to […]

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