Great news! Big congrats to Raj Nayak - and a huge win for the U.S. Department of Labor and everyone else too.

Important victory! nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyr…

In “You Can’t Hire Me, I Quit,” labor law scholar and Professor @KateAndrias examines the Great Resignation and considers the future of work in the post-pandemic era: bit.ly/309qfwS #BeyondUnprecedented

OSHA has in fact previously issued a regulation governing exposure to disease. nytimes.com/2021/09/10/us/…

Agreements that end strikes are usually a mixed bag. That’s the nature of compromise! And plenty of Deere workers still wanted to hold out for better. But when you look at where the Deere deal started and where it ended, it’s hard to see this is anything but a win for the workers

Happy #transawarenessweek! The NLRB protects workers' rights to join together to challenge discrimination and transphobia and to advocate for safer and more inclusive workplaces for workers of all gender identities. Learn more: nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rig…

Tensions Rise at Columbia as 3,000 Grad Students Who Are On Striker Fear Retaliation From the University After Columbia sent an email saying grad students who remain on strike after Friday won't be guaranteed jobs next term, union members turn up the heat nytimes.com/2021/12/08/nyr…

There is now a union inside Starbucks U.S. This ratio, better than 2-1, is an impressive margin of victory. The counts for two more stores will follow.

Breaking: After unions wins at the first cafe counted, workers vote against unionizing at the 2nd Starbucks where the NLRB counted votes. 12 votes against the union, 8 votes for the union Union supporters say Starbucks added many new workers at that second Starbucks (Camp Road)

NEW: The Starbucks workers who unionized can expect a bitter contract fight. Starbucks has little incentive to bargain earnestly and should want to show workers elsewhere that unionizing is futile. Winning the fight will require a lot more organizing. huffpost.com/entry/starbuck…

“Employees’ ability to win a good 1st contract is usually not a result of the law, but rather of workers’ decision to stick together...mobilize public & political pressure on employers, & to engage in collective action by protests and strikes” bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Kate Andrias

Amazon bans workers from bringing their smartphones into warehouses, which means they can't access updates/warnings on potentially deadly weather events: "After these deaths, there is no way in hell I am relying on Amazon to keep me safe." bloom.bg/3yhAzzL

New Businessweek: Sat down with NLRB's prosecutor Jennifer Abruzzo, who says labor law protects both social justice activism & wearing an anti-"Black Lives Matter" mask; "plenty" of gig staff are employees; & bosses have been abusing NLRB process as a stall tactic bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“For a vast majority of Americans, democracy ends when work hours begin.” nytimes.com/2021/12/14/opi…

Ahead of #MayDay2022, we're out with a new #ExpertFocus centered on scholars who research worker power, labor movements, and the impact of unions. Get to know Kate Andrias, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Jake M. Grumbach, Suresh, Jake Rosenfeld, & Ruth Milkman ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/expert-focus-b…

At ProMarket, Kate Andrias traces the history of labor’s relation with antitrust to show that, despite historical and contemporary tensions, there have also been deep connections between the two movements. promarket.org/2024/02/29/his…

Today, Kate Andrias describes an emerging constitutional clash between labor and business, echoing the fights of the early twentieth century. lpeproject.org/blog/labors-co…