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The Right to Talk to Co-Workers and Management About Working Conditions: A Study of Enforcement at the NLRB

April 2, 2024

By NIWR

Executive Summary Download Executive Summary Both union and non-union employees have the right under federal law to engage in discussions with their colleagues about their terms and conditions of employment, […]

Old Boundaries, New Horizons: How Anti-Discrimination Law Can Better Protect Black Gig Workers in the Time of COVID-19

August 11, 2021

By Christy England

The gig economy continues to garner attention in legal scholarship, social science research, and public discourse in general. The COVID-19 pandemic has also shed light on the plight of gig workers in general, and Black gig workers in particular.

No Due Process, No Rights: How Forced Arbitration Enables Misclassification In The Gig Economy

August 11, 2021

By NIWR

I. Introduction The gig economy represents a multibillion-dollar sector of the American economy[1], and as many as one-third of workers in America are gig workers.[2] The gig economy has […]

The Worst Of Both Worlds: The Implications Of Prop 22 For Workers In California And Beyond

March 17, 2021

By NIWR

Introduction During the November 2020 election, California voters passed Proposition 22 (“Prop 22”) after gig companies like Uber and Lyft waged a multi-million dollar campaign encouraging voters to vote “yes.” […]

Spotlight On California: AB 5, Proposition 22, And The Fight For Gig Workers’ Rights

October 22, 2020

By NIWR

By Christy England, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow The Harms Of Misclassification: The COVID-19 Pandemic And Beyond As workers across the country face unprecedented challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed […]

Interactive Timeline Series Traces How The U.S. Supreme Court Forced Arbitration On America’s Workers

July 10, 2019

By NIWR Blog

Over 60 million of America’s non-union private-sector workers are bound by forced arbitration clauses that bury claims of employer wrongdoing behind closed doors. Many of those clauses also silo workers […]

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