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November 28, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

The migrant-labor system that built Qatar World Cup 2022, why the holidays are not so great a time for retail workers, and the TikTokers trying to make going to the office cool again

The Strike Zone—U.S. Soccer Labor Agreements Install Equal Pay

May 18, 2022 Alex Blutman

The United States Soccer Federation has agreed to new, landmark collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing the men’s and women’s national soccer teams. The CBAs, which will run through the end of 2028, end a contentious period of dispute over remuneration with the women’s team, which had argued in a well-publicized lawsuit that they […]

How the U.S. Women’s National Team and the U.S. Soccer Federation Can Reach an Agreement

Nov 17, 2021 Mike Klain

In July 2015, 26.7 million Americans tuned in to watch the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team win the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final – at the time the most watched soccer game in American history. The U.S. Soccer Federation, the body that governs the U.S. Men’s and Women’s national soccer programs, awarded the team a […]

Legal Levers: Deterring Labor Abuses at Mega-Sporting Events

Sep 28, 2021 Alex Blutman

Mega-sporting events are rife with human rights abuses, but the Tokyo Olympics and Qatar World Cup have focused the spotlight on the labor violations and abuses suffered by workers at these events. Laborers in Tokyo suffered mistreatment, overwork, low wages, and dangerous working conditions. In Qatar, workers have been subject to debt-inducing recruitment fees, lies […]

The Strike Zone—September 27, 2021

Sep 27, 2021 Alex Blutman

A couple of weeks after publishing an open letter requesting that the men’s and women’s national team’s unions agree to a plan that would equalize the FIFA World Cup prize money distributed to the federation, U.S. Soccer announced that it had offered the respective unions identical proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement. The U.S. […]

The Strike Zone—June 21, 2021

Jun 21, 2021 Alex Blutman

Democratic senators introduced a bill on June 9 that would prohibit the appropriation of federal funds for the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. is set to co-host, “until the date on which the United States Soccer Federation agrees to provide equitable pay” to the members of the men’s and women’s U.S. national soccer teams. […]

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