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Terri Gerstein
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New state laws are rolling back regulations on child labor
April 26, 2023
Lawmakers in Republican-led states are proposing and passing legislation to roll back child labor regulations. In states like Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, and Arkansas, newly passed…
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The Federal Trade Commission’s public comment period for its proposal to ban noncompete agreements closed Wednesday, just as major business groups ramped up their campaign…
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Why Do Most Public Servants Follow Rules About Free Gifts?
April 12, 2023
An article by Terri Gerstein: A lime FrozFruit. A turkey sandwich. A pack of baseball cards. A bag of clementines. These are just some of…
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New York City’s Budget; A Wild Day in Tennessee’s Capitol; Child Labor; The Good Friday Agreement at 25; #BL (Spring) Trees
April 10, 2023
Coming up on today’s show: Mayor Adams has called for city agencies to cut their budgets, but the Independent Budget Office found the city is…
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Stronger protections needed to stop ‘upsurge’ in US child labor violations, expert says
April 4, 2023
Labor law expert Terri Gerstein has one word to describe the current trends in child labor: “bizarre.” Recent investigations by The New York Times, the…
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Are We Actually Arguing About Whether 14-Year-Olds Should Work in Meatpacking Plants?
March 27, 2023
An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas signed a bill this month rolling back the state’s child labor protections, making it…
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Prosecute Bad Bosses
March 22, 2023
An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: Earlier this month, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the conviction of a construction company owner for criminally negligent homicide…
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Weeks into his new job as Manhattan district attorney last year, Alvin Bragg faced a firestorm: Two senior prosecutors heading the office’s four-year investigation of…
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How Child Labor Violations Have Quadrupled Since 2015
March 7, 2023
Children are working some of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. according to a new investigation by The New York Times. Migrant children are…
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Nearly five years after a construction worker was crushed to death by 15,000 pounds of building materials at a work site in Sunset Park, Brooklyn,…
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An article co-written by Terri Gerstein: How many Americans start the day with a bowl of Cheerios and milk? Certainly thousands, and maybe even millions;…
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After they won their wage theft cases, they waited years to get paid. Some still wait.
February 23, 2023
Two years after his boss shorted him thousands of dollars in pay for his construction work, Marcos Tlacopilco won in court. When he learned the…
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Opinion: CT should curb noncompetes, no matter what happens in D.C.
February 10, 2023
An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: Why should your boss be able to stop you from getting a new job? There’s no good reason, which is…
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An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: My family lived in Albany, New York, 15 years ago, when our teenage sons were toddlers. On nights when kids…
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The Labor Case Before SCOTUS Has Big Implications for Democracy
January 18, 2023
The Supreme Court of the United States got back into the swing of things its first week back after New Years, with a case about…
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An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: Should your employer be able to stop you from getting a new job? If you have a summer internship, for…
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The Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority May Sabotage Unions’ Right to Strike
January 12, 2023
An article co-written by Terri Gerstein: Remember those pesky analogy questions on the SAT? Here’s one for you, straight from Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral…
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Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama
December 19, 2022
At least four major suppliers of Hyundai Motor Co and sister Kia Corp have employed child labor at Alabama factories in recent years, a Reuters…