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September 29, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

The Supreme Court will consider whether agency-fee agreements in the public sector are constitutional. Read our round up of coverage on the cert. grant in Janus v. AFSCME here. In other Supreme Court news, at Slate, Daniel Hemel explores Murphy Oil‘s potential impact on workers’ ability to pursue wage claims against their employers. Oral arguments in three consolidated cases, […]

EPI Report Finds that More Than Half of Nonunion Workers Are Subject to Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

Sep 28, 2017 Melissa Greenberg

This post is part of OnLabor’s continuing analysis of National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA. In the lead up to the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on October 2, 2017 in the consolidated cases of Murphy Oil USA, Epic Systems, and Ernst and Young, the Economic Policy Institute published a paper examining the prevalence of arbitration agreements among America’s workers. The […]

The (Other) Problem in Murphy Oil

Sep 28, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

Sharon and I have a piece up on Quartz today that highlights an argument in the Government’s Murphy Oil brief. To us, it looks like the Trump Administration is laying the groundwork to curtail protection for concerted activity outside the union organizing and collective bargaining context. As if mandatory class action waivers weren’t bad enough…

Susan Fowler Files Amicus Brief in Murphy Oil

Aug 28, 2017 Melissa Greenberg

This post is part of OnLabor’s continuing analysis of National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA. Susan Fowler, whose blog post publicized the sexist workplace culture at Uber, filed an amicus brief in support of employees in the consolidated cases of Murphy Oil USA, Epic Systems and Ernst and Young before the Supreme Court. The full brief is available here. The brief […]

Coalition of 18 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief in Support of Employees in Murphy Oil

Aug 21, 2017 Melissa Greenberg

This post is part of OnLabor’s continuing analysis of National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA. Last week, eighteen attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of the employees in the consolidated cases of Murphy Oil USA, Epic Systems and Ernst and Young before the Supreme Court. The brief urges the Supreme Court […]

National Labor Relations Board’s Reply Brief Filed in Murphy Oil

Aug 11, 2017 Melissa Greenberg

This post is part of OnLabor’s continuing analysis of National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA. The National Labor Relations Board filed its reply brief in National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA on Wednesday. Although the Solicitor General’s office had reversed its position earlier this summer, the Solicitor General gave the Board […]

June 23, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

On Tuesday, President Trump nominated Marvin Kaplan to the NLRB. Kaplan is a former lawyer for the Republicans on the House education and oversight committees. The NLRB now has a Republican majority, and Kaplan’s confirmation could lead to the reversal of a number of Obama-era Board actions, as the New York Times details.

Solicitor General Reverses Position in Murphy Oil

Jun 19, 2017 Melissa Greenberg

This post is part of OnLabor’s continuing analysis of National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA. Despite previously submitting a petition for writ of certiorari for the National Labor Relations Board, the Solicitor General’s office has reversed its position in the consolidated cases of Murphy Oil USA, Epic Systems, and Ernst & Young and […]

Opening Brief Filed in Murphy Oil

Jun 12, 2017 Melissa Greenberg

This post is part of OnLabor’s continuing analysis of National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA. On Friday, counsel for the petitioners in National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA and Epic Systems Corporation v. Jacob Lewis filed their opening merits brief before the Supreme Court. Petitioners argue that “[i]n cases involving the interaction of two federal statutes, the […]

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September 29, 2017

EPI Report Finds that More Than Half of Nonunion Workers Are Subject to Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

The (Other) Problem in Murphy Oil

Susan Fowler Files Amicus Brief in Murphy Oil

Coalition of 18 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief in Support of Employees in Murphy Oil

National Labor Relations Board’s Reply Brief Filed in Murphy Oil

June 23, 2017

Solicitor General Reverses Position in Murphy Oil

Opening Brief Filed in Murphy Oil

The Sixth Circuit Holds that Class Arbitration Waivers Are Prohibited Under the NLRA