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A blog covering workers, unions, and their politics.

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A federal judge in Texas has endorsed SpaceX’s constitutional challenge to the NLRB. We’re tracking attacks on the labor board onlabor.org/tracking-attacks… via @OnLaborBlog

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Texas Judge Endorses Constitutional Challenge ✦ OnLabor

John Fry on a district court decision which suggests that the agency should be abolished.

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"The Supreme Court has left too much slack in the system to ignore. Our best hope is for states to pick it up." @sharblock and @rdnayak on what states can do to protect workers post-Chevron onlabor.org/picking-up-the-s…

Picking up the Slack on Worker Rights: A New State Strategy ✦ OnLabor

Sharon Block and Rajesh Nayak on the importance of state level efforts to protect workers in the wake of Loper Bright and Corner Post.

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How California can take the sting out of Cedar Point and protect union access rights for farm workers onlabor.org/working-around-c… via @OnLaborBlog

Working Around Cedar Point: How California Can Get the Last Word on Union Access ✦ OnLabor

Three years ago, the Supreme Court decided Cedar Point Nursery and held that a California regulation granting union organizers limited access to farm owner property constitutes a taking. As a result,...

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Now that SCOTUS has limited what federal agencies can do for workers’ rights, states need to pick up the slack onlabor.org/picking-up-the-s… via @OnLaborBlog

Picking up the Slack on Worker Rights: A New State Strategy ✦ OnLabor

Sharon Block and Rajesh Nayak on the importance of state level efforts to protect workers in the wake of Loper Bright and Corner Post.

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And second: Darin Dalmat on the two roads to NLRB deference that remain open onlabor.org/labor-post-loper…

Labor Post-Loper ✦ OnLabor

Darin Dalmat on judicial deference to the NLRB post-Loper Bright.

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"Chevron is dead. What does that mean for labor law?" Two reflections on Loper Bright this morning. First, @tascha_sp discusses what Loper means for the NLRA: onlabor.org/how-to-save-the-…

How to Save the NLRA From Loper Bright ✦ OnLabor

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa: Chevron is dead. What does that mean for labor law?

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Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become | Steven Greenhouse theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become | Steven Greenhouse

The court’s current justices are some of the most hostile to labor rights in modern US history

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Back with part two of yesterday's post: Senior Contributor @NoahZatz on the second major flaw of the court order enjoining UC grad students' ULP strike. onlabor.org/the-uc-strike-in…

The UC Strike Injunction’s Second Fatal Flaw ✦ OnLabor

Noah Zatz on the second procedural issue arising from a recent court order enjoining the UC grad student ULP strike.

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Andrew Strom on the Supreme Court's ruling in Starbucks v. McKinney onlabor.org/its-deja-vu-at-t…

It’s Déjà Vu at the Supreme Court ✦ OnLabor

Andrew Strom on the Supreme Court's ruling in Starbucks v. McKinney.

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"We have one federal labor policy, not 50 different state policies, when it comes to union organizing and collective bargaining," says @bsachs in @hiltzikm's column. @OnLaborBlog's John Fry cited on the question of whether card check bans are preempted. latimes.com/business/story/2…

Column: How anti-union Southern governors may be violating federal law

Six Southern governors are fighting the UAW's organizing campaign in their states, but they may have stepped over the legal line.

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Anti-Union Governors and Employee Free Choice onlabor.org/anti-union-gover… via @OnLaborBlog
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For the full law review piece, click here: columbialawreview.org/conten…

THE CHICKEN-AND-EGG OF LAW AND ORGANIZING: ENACTING POLICY FOR POWER BUILDING - Columbia Law Review

Introduction In an era defined by stark economic and political inequality, legal scholars are devoting increased attention to the ways law might enable people to demand equality. Among the most...

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Check out this summary of @bsachs and @kateandrias's new piece on the Columbia Law Review: The Chicken-and-Egg of Law and Organizing onlabor.org/the-chicken-and-…

The Chicken-and-Egg of Law and Organizing ✦ OnLabor

Ben Sachs on his recent piece with Kate Andrias addressing the chicken-and-egg dilemma of social-movement organizing.

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Check out this new post from German Bender: Finland Rattled by Political Strikes Against the Conservative Governments’ Anti-Union Agenda onlabor.org/finland-rattled-…

Finland Rattled by Political Strikes Against the Conservative Governments’ Anti-Union Agenda ✦...

German Bender and Anders Kjellberg on the recurring political strikes against Finland's conservative government's anti-union policies.

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“The basic idea of labor preemption is states can’t do stuff like this.” -@bsachs huffpost.com/entry/georgia-r…

Georgia Republicans Just Passed An 'Appalling' Bill

If it survives legal challenges, the legislation would bar companies from receiving state subsidies after voluntarily recognizing their workers’ union.

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Today, @bsachs considers an ALEC model statute that conditions state economic development funds on a corporation's agreement not to respect card check results —& how (if not preempted) progressive states might seize upon this model to *expand* labor rights onlabor.org/hey-alec-be-care…

Hey ALEC, Be Careful What You Wish For ✦ OnLabor

Ben Sachs on ALEC's model statute conditioning economic development incentives on corporations' compliance with state-mandated labor practices - now the law in Tennessee.

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This week on the blog, @danielahanley and @sandeepvaheesan confront non-competes, arguing that they may soon be a thing of the past thanks to state and federal interventions onlabor.org/the-death-of-the…

The Death of the Non-Compete Clause May Be Imminent ✦ OnLabor

Sandeep Vaheesan and Daniel Hanley on the coercive nature of non-compete clauses and recent efforts to outlaw such contracts.

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Today on the blog, Jon Hiatt and Jeffrey Vogt consider the International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network’s first five years: onlabor.org/the-internationa…

The International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network’s First Five Years ✦ OnLabor

Jeffrey Vogt and Jon Hiatt on the growth and impact of the International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network.

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🚨 new column alert 🚨 OnLabor is thrilled to announce that John Fry will cover constitutional attacks on the NLRB and our nation's system of labor law in a new column, "Tracking Attacks on the NLRB" onlabor.org/new-series-track…
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Check out this new post, by student Ellie Samuels, on the past, present, and future of pregnancy in the workplace onlabor.org/the-past-present…
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