Nearly one year after the NLRB’s landmark Browning-Ferris decision, the business lobby is fighting back.
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Minimum Wage Momentum Continues to Surge
Wages hit $15 from D.C. to Silicon Valley and a new analysis points to the working class’s multicultural future.
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FEC Republicans Defend Employer Political Coercion Vote
Amid a burst of anger from Washington watchdogs, the Federal Election Commission’s three Republican commissioners have defended their recent decision to vote against investigating coal company Murray Energy’s alleged political coercion of salaried employees. Company executives had been accused of pressuring workers to contribute money to Murray Energy’s political action committee. But the Republican commissioners […]
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Uber: Greed By Any Other Name?
Saudi Arabia becomes Uber’s biggest investor, the rideshare company introduces a controversial leasing program, and OUR Walmart struggles after losing union funding. Â
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New from the Labor Department: Overtime Pay
A conversation with economist Ross Eisenbrey, the architect of a new federal rule that’s vastly expanding overtime eligibility.
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Will the Fight for 15 (Officially) Go Union?
Fight for 15 will vote on joining SEIU, NLRB investigates whether its new joint-employer standard applies to McDonald’s, and Elizabeth Warren calls out gig economy abuses.Â
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Confronting the Parasite Economy
Why low-wage work is bad for business—and all of us.
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Uber’s Antitrust Problem
Uber recently settled one lawsuit, but its drivers remain contractors and several court challenges loom—including one that puts the ride-sharing service in the crosshairs of antitrust law.
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The Labor Movement’s May Day Promise
Some cast the labor movement as dying or even dead, but even amid attacks on collective bargaining workers are finding innovative ways to organize.
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Uber, Airbnb, and Other Labor Dilemmas
What the Uber settlement and the SEIU-Unite HERE fracas means for labor as it navigates Silicon Valley disruption.Â
