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To Protect Concerted Activity, the NLRB Should Overturn Alstate

May 19, 2021 Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

“Employees shall have the right . . . to engage in . . . concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.” So reads Section 7 of the NLRA. But what counts as “concerted” activity? And what kinds of activities are for the purpose of “mutual aid or protection”? […]

April 1, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

It really, truly is infrastructure week this time. Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s $2.5 trillion economic revitalization package, proposing massive new federal investments in transportation infrastructure, broadband, manufacturing, affordable housing, and care services, among other measures. The package, dubbed the “American Jobs Plan,” seeks expressly to create “union” jobs and stresses the importance […]

The Power of Collective Action

May 25, 2020 Andrew Strom

On May Day, workers at Amazon, Instacart, and Target went out on strike, primarily over health and safety concerns. While the strikes garnered a lot of media attention, it’s not clear how many workers participated, and it does not appear that they have led to any changes in company policies. When workers start to organize, […]

May 24, 2018
News & Commentary

Sejal Singh

The NFL yesterday announced a new policy punishing players who kneel in protest during the national anthem, drawing fierce condemnation from civil rights advocates and the players’ union. The new policy does allow athletes to stay in locker rooms rather than attending the anthem, in an attempt to push players’ protests off camera. The NFL’s decision […]

The (Other) Problem in Murphy Oil

Sep 28, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

Sharon and I have a piece up on Quartz today that highlights an argument in the Government’s Murphy Oil brief. To us, it looks like the Trump Administration is laying the groundwork to curtail protection for concerted activity outside the union organizing and collective bargaining context. As if mandatory class action waivers weren’t bad enough…

NFL Anthem Protests: Protected Concerted Activity

Sep 25, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

I’ve been getting a number of press calls asking whether the NFL players who are sitting down during the national anthem might be disciplined by the League for doing so, or whether they enjoy legal protection against such employment action. I recommend, as a backgrounder on this issue, Michael McCann’s analysis in Sports Illustrated, which Vivian […]

Analyzing James Damore’s Employment-Related Claims against Google: Part One

Aug 18, 2017 Matthew Bodie

When James Damore wrote his internal memo against Google’s diversity policies, was he making an impassioned plea on behalf of politically and ideologically charged ideas? Calling on his fellow workers to fight for changes to company diversity policies? Taking a stand against HR practices that illegally discriminate against protected classes of employees? Was his manifesto all, some, or none of these things?

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To Protect Concerted Activity, the NLRB Should Overturn Alstate

April 1, 2021

The Power of Collective Action

May 24, 2018

The (Other) Problem in Murphy Oil

NFL Anthem Protests: Protected Concerted Activity

Analyzing James Damore’s Employment-Related Claims against Google: Part One