The Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case and a pending minimum wage hike in California capture labor’s triumphs—and its limitations.
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Supreme Court Case That Almost Busted Public-Sector Unions is Dead. What Now?
A dark cloud that’s loomed large over public-sector unions has cleared away-for now. The Supreme Court split 4-4 Tuesday in its decision on Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case centering on the legality of “fair-share” fees, which non-union members are required to pay to cover collective bargaining costs. And while the decision came down […]
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The Labor Prospect: The Fight for 15 Has Its Biggest Win Yet
California reaches minimum-wage deal, and New York might be next. But victories in other states still face an uphill climb.
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The Labor Prospect: How Garland Would (and Would Not) Be a Pro-Labor Justice
Predicting how Garland would rule on labor cases, Trump’s working class appeal, and measuring the “gig economy.”
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Legislative Primary May Help Tighten Democrats’ Supermajority in Illinois
Illinois Democrats’ ability to thwart Republican Governor Bruce Rauner’s right-wing, union-busting agenda has just been enhanced by the defeat of a state representative who regularly broke party ranks on key union votes. Incumbent state representative Ken Dunkin, a Democrat whose defections on key votes often thwarted the party’s slim supermajority in the house, lost by […]
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The Labor Prospect: Michigan Puts Outsourcing in Presidential Spotlight
Trade policy looms large in the presidential race, the right-to-work battle heats up, and Clinton calls for an end to the subminimum wage.
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The Labor Prospect: What Scalia’s Death Means for Unions
The impact of Scalia’s death goes way beyond Friedrichs, plus West Virginia goes right-to-work, and Minneapolis moves toward mandatory sick leave.
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The Labor Prospect: Ending the Subcontracting Scam
The DOL cracks down on subcontractors, Walmart promises a wage hike, and the AFL-CIO faces pressure to ditch police unions.
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Labor Goes South
Can the movement rebuild itself below the Mason-Dixon line, and change Southern politics in the process?
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The Labor Prospect: Friedrichs’s Fate
What losing Friedrichs could mean, the impact of $15 in New York, and investigation discrimination at temp agencies.
