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November 8, 2021
News & Commentary

Fran Swanson

Approximately 100 Starbucks employees at three, Buffalo-area stores will be mailed ballots by the NLRB on Wednesday. Ahead of the vote, which will occur over the course of four weeks, Bloomberg reports that the company has stepped up its aggressive anti-union campaign, bringing in founder and former CEO Howard Schultz to speak to employees. In […]

On-App Standby as Work Time in International Labor Law

Oct 22, 2021 Tiran Bajgiran

Suppose as a premise that Uber drivers are employees. What, then, constitutes their “hours of work” under international labor standards? The question is timely given two parallel trends in the global ride-hailing economy. One is a growing transnational backlash at Uber’s misclassification of gig drivers as independent contractors — in jurisdictions ranging from Canada to […]

October 15, 2021
News & Commentary

Hannah Finnie

As Maxwell covered yesterday, workers spanning multiple industries and regions across the U.S. are striking or poised to strike for better working conditions. Workers at Kellogg, John Deere, various entertainment productions, Kaiser Permanente, New York hospitals, Massachusetts hospitals, and more are either currently striking or have authorized a strike if demands aren’t soon met. As […]

October 11, 2021
News & Commentary

Fran Swanson

John Deere workers in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas voted to reject a six-year contract last night, the Des Moines Register reports. 90% of members opposed the contract in the vote. As Labor Notes reported, 99% of voting members voted in favor of authorizing a strike last month but the current contract was extended. Workers expressed […]

September 28, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Part of the current infrastructure bill has a provision that could give competitive advantage to unionized telecom workforces. The bill gives preference to companies with a record of adhering to labor and employment laws for distribution of the $42.5 billion in broadband funds. State and local governments and nonprofits that receive broadband work funds would […]

July 1, 2021
News & Commentary

William Greenlaw

The landmark Supreme Court decision NCAA v. Alston allows college athletes to profit from their likenesses and image even while a student. Now, changes to the generations-old policy of unpaid amateurism begin to come to an end today as states such as Florida implement laws following up on the Supreme Court decision. This is a […]

June 9, 2021
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

Senate Republicans today blocked a bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7), that imposes higher standards and larger penalties on companies over claims of pay discrimination based on sex. Specifically, would limit an employer’s defense that a pay differential is based on a factor other than sex to only bona fide job-related factors in wage […]

Prevailing Wage Laws and Bringing Back Accountability to the Contracting Chain

Jun 3, 2021 Nick Wertsch

Manuel had spent all of a blistering Texas summer putting up drywall in the University of Houston’s new $124 million dormitory before he began to believe that his employer, a contractor on the university project, had been paying him nearly a third less than what he was entitled to under the law. During a know-your-rights […]

Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice

May 14, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

When I was in 4th grade I was elected Treasurer of the Kiwanis Kids Club where I was in charge of fundraising, writing checks, and bank deposit slips. I quickly used these skills to help my parents navigate bills, mail correspondence, and work documents. I remember going through pay stubs and comparing hours with tally […]

March 24, 2021
News & Commentary

Courtney Brunson

The United States Senate voted 68 to 29 on Monday to confirm Marty Walsh, former Mayor of Boston and union leader, as the Secretary of Labor. As a brief history to Secretary Walsh’s labor roots, CNN explains that Walsh first joined the Laborers’ Union Local 223 at age 21 and eventually came to lead the […]

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November 8, 2021

On-App Standby as Work Time in International Labor Law

October 15, 2021

October 11, 2021

September 28, 2021

July 1, 2021

June 9, 2021

Prevailing Wage Laws and Bringing Back Accountability to the Contracting Chain

Lessons from my time in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s Wage and Hour Practice

March 24, 2021