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Is There a Right Way to Secure the Right to Return?

Dec 20, 2021 Julia Huang

Imagine working for an employer for most of your life and drawing on your years of experience to help you proficiently perform your job. You invest your time, you befriend your coworkers, and you support your family with this steady stream of income. But when the global pandemic hits, due to circumstances outside of your […]

September 27, 2021
News & Commentary

Fran Swanson

After an eight-week strike, a group of Chicago-area auto mechanics has won a four-year contract, the Chicago Tribune reports. Over 800 mechanics, represented by IAM Mechanics’ Local 701, began the strike after their previous contract expired, shutting down service at 56 car dealerships after rejecting a contract offer from the New Car Dealer Committee. That […]

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

May 10, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

Carlos has dark brown hair parted neatly to the side, glasses over wise brown eyes, and arms folded over a sturdy build of more than 40 years working in the hospitality industry of Palm Springs. He wears a light blue polo shirt, and an American flag mask as we talk at his kitchen table. It’s […]

October 1, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

Yesterday marked an eventful occasion for workers’ rights advocates in Sacramento, as California Governor Gavin Newsom moved on a number of major employment rights bills at his desk. Among other measures, Newsom signed legislation to require businesses of over 100 employees to track and report employee compensation based on race and gender. The new law, […]

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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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Is There a Right Way to Secure the Right to Return?

September 27, 2021

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

October 1, 2020