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October 30, 2019
News & Commentary

Alisha Jarwala

The NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously on Tuesday to start modifying its rules to allow college athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” ESPN reports that the NCAA formed a working group on this issue in May, after states including California began to push […]

October 23, 2019
News & Commentary

Owen Senders

New York City’s Transport Workers Union Local 100 is holding a contest for the photo capturing the NYC train car with the most litter. The contest, whose winner will receive a $500 reward, is intended to draw attention to recent cuts to subway cleaner jobs. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that 10,000 members of […]

August 8, 2019
News & Commentary

Annie Hollister

A Walmart corporate employee called for a worker walkout in protest of the retailer’s position regarding the sale of guns. Earlier this week, Thomas Marshall, a 23-year-old employee of Walmart’s e-commerce workforce, urged Walmart employees to call in sick on Tuesday, August 6 and to leave work at 3 pm yesterday in order to pressure […]

June 9, 2019
News & Commentary

Deanna Krokos

Last week, Annie reported on the Vox Media Union’s walkout following a 14-month bargaining process. After 29 final hours of negotiation, the union, represented by Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), reached a tentative agreement on Friday. The union sought to “set a standard” for digital journalism and bargained for competitive salaries, raises, and a […]

June 5, 2019
News & Commentary

Owen Senders

The New York Times reports that approximately 11,000 airline catering workers will vote this month on whether to take a first step towards a labor stoppage. Airline catering workers are among the lowest-paid workers at airports. Many make minimum wage, or less; current bargaining agreements allow catering workers’ pay rates to supersede state or local […]

May 8, 2019
News & Commentary

Bibeka Shrestha

The biggest internationally coordinated strike by Lyft and Uber drivers is expected to take place today in major U.S. cities and in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South America. Driver demands vary by organizing group, but include calls for livable incomes, job security, and regulated fares. A study recently released by the Economic Policy Institute […]

February 7, 2019
News & Commentary

Ryan Wheeler

The grocery-delivery service Instacart caved to public outrage over its tipping policy and will now pass along the full value of a customer’s tip to the delivery worker. Beginning in November, Instacart had in some cases reduced the rate the company paid to workers who received tips — essentially, using tips to subsidize its labor […]

January 27, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

The government shutdown ended Friday afternoon after 35 days. Many political players and commentators are attributing Trump’s “caving” on the border wall to Nancy Pelosi’s prowess at controlling the struggle between the parties, or to rising public resentment and fear of the shutdown’s long-term economic and social costs. But it is worth highlighting that hours […]

June 10, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Starting tomorrow, no Costco employee will earn below $14 an hour. While some locations already saw a $13.50 an hour minimum wage, the new mark, which nearly doubles the federal minimum of $7.25, signals that the “fight for $15” is edging forward, and the nation’s largest employers are taking it seriously. (Employees at these higher-minimum […]

May 17, 2018
News & Commentary

Ryan Wheeler

A group of MIT engineers have managed to replace human chefs with robots, and a new restaurant in Boston will now operate with a fully robotic kitchen. The restaurant, named Spyce, will serve mostly vegetarian meals under the supervision of Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud. Every human role in the restaurant will be automated, including touch-screens […]

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OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

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