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Sharon Block
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As the Supreme Court wraps up another blockbuster term, Harvard Law School faculty members reflect on the ways the justices’ most recent decisions might reshape the law.
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How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy
July 1, 2024
A major Supreme Court ruling Friday that shifted power from the executive branch to the judiciary stands to transform how the federal government works. By…
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The US Supreme Court’s sweeping decision slashing the power of the executive branch, coming hours after President Joe Biden‘s poor debate performance, makes it harder…
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The US Supreme Court handed SpaceX a temporary, partial win in the company’s challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s constitutionality by avoiding a key…
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The Supreme Court’s newest rebuke of the Securities and Exchange Commission is threatening to unleash chaos throughout the federal government, creating uncertainty about the limits…
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An article by Sharon Block: Tipped workers in our country have a serious problem — many of them don’t get paid enough to support themselves…
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Most Mass. workers are unprotected from extreme heat on the job — and reliant on preparation, education
June 21, 2024
As the stifling heat bore down Wednesday, construction workers building a parking garage near Kendall Square sat down in the shade to take a break.
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DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST: Starbucks scored a big win at the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The case originated with a group of baristas who wanted…
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Donald Trump has been making a big promise to the nation’s service workers at his recent campaign rallies: If they send him back to the…
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult…
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Supreme Court gives Starbucks a win in union battle
June 13, 2024
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Starbucks in a labor battle involving the firing of seven workers who tried unionizing one of…
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What Harvard Law profs are reading this summer
May 31, 2024
Faculty members share the books they’re looking forward to devouring, from classic Italian literature to birds and dinosaurs, and even a Led Zeppelin biography.
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Every year, U.S. employers spend millions of dollars on outside consultants who specialize in breaking up union campaigns. Because much of that work is cloaked…
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An article co-written by Sharon Block: For the first time in decades, public attention was focused on union organizing in the American South. Eyes were…
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The United Auto Workers hit a roadblock when workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama voted against unionizing last week. UAW leaders vowed to press…
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The United Auto Workers can explore a potent new legal strategy to reverse its election defeat at a Mercedes-Benz AG plant and force the German…
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The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s…
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Why the UAW lost the vote in Alabama
May 21, 2024
The United Autoworkers’ winning streak ended late Friday when a majority of workers at a Mercedes manufacturing campus in Alabama voted against unionizing. Why it…