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Building Toward Sectoral Bargaining

Sep 8, 2026 Lynn Rhinehart

It’s no secret that our weak, outdated labor law is failing the millions of workers who want unions at their workplaces. Republicans have repeatedly blocked federal legislation to strengthen the law. This untenable situation has been made worse by President Trump destroying the independence of the National Labor Relations Board, firing Gwynne Wilcox and installing […]

States, Sectoral Bargaining, and a Way Forward for Labor Law

Aug 21, 2026 Benjamin Sachs

In advance of Labor Day, Sharon and I have a short piece up at Time laying out the case for state labor law reforms to facilitate sectoral bargaining. The op-ed also reports on some of the work we’ve been doing at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy, including our new model state sectoral […]

August 5, 2026
News & Commentary

Lara Weinberg

Clash over potential change to Canada’s labor code; Harvard’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy releases model sectoral bargaining laws; NJ sues Amazon for antitrust violations.

May 26, 2026
News & Commentary

Anthony Chen

Massachusetts rideshare drivers become the first in the nation to unionize; the Pope warns of AI risks to workers.

Building Worker Power in a Precarious Federal Landscape: Sectoral Strategies and Worker Democracy

Dec 22, 2025 Sharon Block, Seema Nanda, Rajesh Nayak and Benjamin Sachs

This post launches a new series exploring how states and cities can expand worker power in the United States. The series is grounded in a set of working papers and policy briefs that offer creative approaches for state and local action in a time when the federal labor law framework is increasingly unreliable. Each post […]

It’s Time for Sectoral Bargaining in Higher Education

Oct 27, 2025 Sophia Leswing

The Harvard Graduate Students Union (HGSU) and Harvard University are six months into negotiations over their third collective bargaining agreement. Like many other grad unions engaged in contract bargaining, HGSU is facing stiff opposition — the University has issued rejection after rejection after rejection of the Union’s proposals. At the same time, anxiety over the possible overturning of Columbia — the 2016 National […]

Labor Day 2.0: Reviving Worker Power through Sectoral Bargaining

Sep 1, 2025 Sharon Block and Seema Nanda

Decades of Labor Days have come and gone with no hope of labor law reform legislation moving through the U.S. Congress. Since the Taft-Hartley reforms of the 1940s, few issues have divided the parties more clearly than labor law reform. The last Republican to consider voting for comprehensive labor law reform was Arlen Specter — and then […]

Sectoral Bargaining Can Support High Union Membership

Jun 6, 2024 David Madland

David Madland on sectoral bargaining as part of a virtuous circle that boosts union membership.

Part II: Why Sectoral Co-Regulation?

May 22, 2024 Cynthia Estlund

Part two of Cynthia Estlund's three-part series on the case for sectoral co-regulation.

Part I: The Case for Sectoral Co-Regulation

May 21, 2024 Cynthia Estlund

Part one of Cynthia Estlund's three-part series on the case for sectoral co-regulation.

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Building Toward Sectoral Bargaining

States, Sectoral Bargaining, and a Way Forward for Labor Law

August 5, 2026

May 26, 2026

Building Worker Power in a Precarious Federal Landscape: Sectoral Strategies and Worker Democracy

It’s Time for Sectoral Bargaining in Higher Education

Labor Day 2.0: Reviving Worker Power through Sectoral Bargaining

Sectoral Bargaining Can Support High Union Membership

Part II: Why Sectoral Co-Regulation?

Part I: The Case for Sectoral Co-Regulation