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The Tipped Subminimum Wage has Sexist and Racist Origins: It’s Time to End it

Feb 17, 2021 Andre Manuel

Following through on President Biden’s campaign promise, Congressional Democrats have proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2026. The proposed law will finally eliminate the federal subminimum wage for tipped workers, which currently stands at $2.13. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which establishes the national minimum wage, also creates a […]

February 4, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

Today, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh testifies before the Senate Health Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on his nomination to become the next Secretary of Labor. Despite his reputation as a card-carrying union member, Walsh also has developed close ties with business interests during his time as mayor, easing his path to confirmation in a closely […]

January 11, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

Pressure continued mounting on corporations to cut off financial support to lawmakers who participated in last week’s challenges to President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory. The Washington Post reports that three major corporate donors—Marriott, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Commerce Bank—committed in recent days to halt donations to the representatives and senators who […]

December 16, 2020
News & Commentary

Courtney Brunson

As early voting for the Senate runoff elections is starting in Georgia, the American Prospect wrote about how labor unions are seeking to persuade working class Americans in the state. It highlighted the efforts of members of the state’s AFL-CIO leadership, who exclaimed that voting for the Democratic candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, is […]

A Legal Challenge Against Racist Labor Exclusions Finds Life in Washington

Dec 15, 2020 Marina Multhaup

On November 5th the Washington Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 decision, that dairy workers are eligible for overtime pay. The Martinez-Cuevas decision could apply to all agricultural workers in Washington state. Materially this will improve the wages of farmworkers at a crucial time—seven months into a global pandemic where farmworkers, deemed “essential,” have been […]

December 10, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

As tens of millions of Americans await congressional action on coronavirus relief, talks among lawmakers have hit another snag. Sticking points remain over the extent of federal aid for state and local governments and the nature of lawmakers’ proposed business liability shield. Conflict between the White House and Senate Republicans over whether to prioritize stimulus […]

Moving Beyond App Drivers: Exotic Dancers, a Gig Worker Success Story

Oct 5, 2020 Kate Griffith and Emma LoMastro

The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to expand the number of workers who businesses can classify as independent contractors represents the agency’s latest attempt to reduce company accountability for employment conditions. The rule further fuels the ongoing debate about the exemption of employment protections for “independent contractors.” When it comes to the independent contractor […]

September 9, 2020
News & Commentary

Courtney Brunson

As Labor Day weekend marked the beginning of the fall 2020 presidential campaign season, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden began to make their pitches to the American people about how they would best represent workers and improve the American economy. While Trump argued that a Biden White House would “destroy this […]

Martinez-Cuevas: Reckoning with Labor Law’s Racist Roots

Aug 20, 2020 Marina Multhaup

The Washington Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case that could have major economic effects for our most vulnerable workers while beginning to unravel one long-standing piece of our nation’s white supremacist history. The case, Martinez-Cuevas v. Deruyter Brothers Dairy, has gone relatively uncovered by national media but speaks to the national moment that we’re […]

July 3, 2020
News & Commentary

Rund Khayyat

Though the jobs report released Thursday shows promising growth, economists and policy-makers are warning that the report only reflects the numbers captured in mid-June before the recent virus spike, and that layoffs will accelerate as states begin to close again. They also warn of a second threat: the imminent expiration of the CARES Act, the […]

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