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November 30, 2022
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

Although progressive members of Congress express support for the rail workers, rail legislation likely to pass; Biden's nomination for Wage and Hour chief moves forward; NLRB extends comment period on proposed rulemaking.

November 18, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

A nationwide Starbucks strike of 112 stores; Iran metal workers join the resistance; Sanders vies to take Murray's seat as HELP committee chair; and the NLRB Union challenged the General Counsel's plan to change their telework policy

August 21, 2022
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

In California, AB 257—a bill that could nudge the U.S. labor market closer to a form of sectoral bargaining—is inching toward becoming law. The bill, which is advancing through the state legislature, has two components. First, it would dramatically alter the franchise model by making corporate franchisors—such as McDonald’s—automatically liable for their franchisees’ violations of […]

August 7, 2022
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

The big news this weekend comes out of Washington. As Hannah discussed for OnLabor on Thursday, the Inflation Reduction Act continued its rapid slog through the Senate this weekend. The Senate’s “vote-a-rama” began just after 11:30 p.m. last night, after Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote (which divided the chamber along unanimous party […]

June 17, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

In today’s news and commentary: a Department of Labor memo on subminimum wages for workers with disabilities; a Fifth Circuit decision that that COVID-19 does not exempt employers from giving notice to employees before mass layoffs; AFL-CIO convention resolutions on diversity and youth engagement; and more! On Thursday, the Department of Labor issued a memo […]

April 27, 2022
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

Yesterday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sent an official letter to President Biden, obtained by POLITICO, urging the President to sign an executive order preventing companies that violate federal labor law from contracting with the federal government, which would fulfill a Biden campaign promise. Sanders pointed out that in the past two decades Amazon has received […]

April 25, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

In today’s news & commentary, unions, unions, unions! Union voting at a second Staten Island Amazon warehouse begins, Amazon Labor Union organizers talk about how they made history, and Activision game testers will vote next month on unionizing. Voting began this morning at LDJ5, the second Staten Island Amazon warehouse to hold a union vote […]

Mapping Union Activity at Amazon — April 25, 2022

Apr 25, 2022 Kevin Vazquez

This post is the fourth of an ongoing OnLabor feature that will update readers on union developments at Amazon. Here are the first, the second, and the third. Today, less than a month after Amazon Labor Union’s (ALU) historic win at a Staten Island warehouse (JFK8), Amazon workers at a second Staten Island facility (LDJ5), across the street from […]

February 20, 2022
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

This weekend, the Starbucks unionization wildfire continued to blaze across the country, and, as of this Saturday, more than 100 stores across two dozen states – including the company’s “flagship” store in Manhattan – have launched organizing drives with Workers United, an SEIU affiliate. The organizing conflagration has spread to California, as workers in one […]

December 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) appeared on “Fox News Sunday” this morning to say that he will not support President Biden’s signature Build Back Better Act, likely sending a death knell to the $2.2 trillion social safety net, climate and tax bill at the center of the administration’s domestic agenda. Citing concerns about increasing the […]

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OnLabor

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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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