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April 15, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) unveiled a draft proposal for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s unemployment insurance (UI) program. Among other things, the proposed bill would require states to offer a minimum 26 weeks of unemployment benefits equal to at least 75% of an employee’s former weekly wages, […]

April 1, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

It really, truly is infrastructure week this time. Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s $2.5 trillion economic revitalization package, proposing massive new federal investments in transportation infrastructure, broadband, manufacturing, affordable housing, and care services, among other measures. The package, dubbed the “American Jobs Plan,” seeks expressly to create “union” jobs and stresses the importance […]

Public Nuisance in the Pandemic Workplace: An Old Tort Made New in the Fight for Worker Safety

Mar 15, 2021 Maxwell Ulin

Today, businesses and workers alike await the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) decision on whether to issue an emergency temporary standard for workplace safety during the pandemic. The decision, courtesy of a Biden executive order, comes nearly a year after the Trump administration refused to promulgate binding standards of its own, allowing employers to […]

January 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Jeanna Smialek of The New York Times recently analyzed the changing economic philosophy underlying Biden administration plans to return the job market back to low unemployment. Smialek looked at Biden’s appointments and statements from upcoming Biden administration officials and Fed officials to demonstrate a new willingness to engage in government spending and borrowing without past […]

November 26, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

As millions of Americans attempt to forge some semblance of normal this Thanksgiving, Sentient Media outlines the human cost workers experience in preparing around 45 million turkeys for this year’s holiday. Like much of the meatpacking industry, turkey processing plants have undergone their fair share of COVID-19 outbreaks this year, including at least one incident […]

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Public Nuisance in the Pandemic Workplace: An Old Tort Made New in the Fight for Worker Safety

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