Benjamin Sachs

Pressure is building on Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab to come to the bargaining table with the Teamsters union as thousands of workers threaten to…

An article co-written by Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block: One of the more surprising themes to emerge in this election cycle is the question—sometimes asked…

Vans marked with Amazon’s arrow logo have become ubiquitous on residential streets, a symbol of the nearly instantaneous delivery that has transformed online shopping. But…

Lilith and Velveeta used to love dancing at the Star Garden topless bar in Los Angeles. A large stage and free rein to pick their…

Earlier this year Senate Democrats penned a letter attacking Amazon over its labor practices, calling the retail giant’s subcontracted delivery network a big scheme to…

Six Republican governors in the Deep South want their constituents to know that they’re looking out for them. That’s why they issued a joint statement…

An article by Benjamin Sachs: Following the UAW’s election victory at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, TN and its defeat at Mercedes near Tuscaloosa, AL the union…

Just days before workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting last week on whether to unionize, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a new…

A United Auto Workers organizing campaign at southern plants including Volkswagen AG, Hyundai Motor Co., and Mercedes-Benz has reinvigorated union resistance from Republican state lawmakers…

Dozens of former Google workers filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday after they were fired or placed on administrative…

An article by Benjamin Sachs: Kate Andrias and I have a new piece out today in Columbia Law Review. The piece attempts to address a…

Two years after clenching a historic victory at a warehouse in New York City, the first labor union for Amazon workers in the United States…

GOP lawmakers in Georgia passed a bill Wednesday to punish employers that make it easier for workers to form unions, sending the legislation to Republican…

Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking to cripple the country’s top labor watchdog, the…

An article by Benjamin Sachs: ALEC is promoting a model statute that conditions a corporation’s eligibility for any state “economic development incentives” on the corporation’s…

Outside the shiny Cambridge offices of the social-media behemoth Meta, in the heart of high-tech Kendall Square, an old-fashioned worker dispute is brewing. When Meta’s…