Heads up on a new labor blog
Here is a new blog published by labor law professors. It is only a couple of days old but it looks like it will have some promising posts for labor law geeks (like me).
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Minimum wage and unemployment
The state of Washington will have the nation’s highest minimum wage ($7.35 per hour) in January. Interestingly, Washington also has one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates at 6.2% (that national average is...
Read More Do unions help nonunion workers?
I love this argument over at Labor Blog. Nathan Newman claims that unions raise wages and working conditions for all workers, even though they only represent 13% (less than 9% of the private sector, where competitive pressures...
Read More What the election REALLY means to labor
All the action on labor issues these days is with the agencies (the NLRB and the DOL). That is where a Kerry administration would have an immediate and important impact on unions. Within days of a Kerry inauguration you can say...
Read More I guess “unity” is just an expression…
The Machinists are threatening to leave the AFL-CIO if the reform movement accomplishes its goal of a New Unity Partnership. Tom Buffenbarger in a recent interview in Business Week Online. It’s part of a cover article on...
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