Tag: Labor

We are proud to present this year’s John T. Dunlop Memorial Forum speaker and panel: Jennifer Berkshire, Author Panel: Kris Rondeau, AFSCME Baldemar Velásquez, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO David Weil, Brandeis University Moderator: Sharon Block, Labor and Worklife Program, HLS Sponsored by the Harvard Trade Union Program, Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard […]

We are proud to present this year's Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum speaker: Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO, National Women's Law Center (NWLC)

Speaker: William P. Jones, Professor of History, University of Minnesota Free and open to the public Contact: john_trumpbour@harvard.edu This history lecture is part of the annual James Green Memorial Forum in honor of the labor historian who taught for over 25 years in the Harvard Trade Union Program

Join the Labor and Worklife Program for a discussion with Sergio Gamonal and César F. Rosado Marzán, authors of the new book, Principled Labor Law, published by Oxford University Press. This book provides a thorough survey of Latin American labor law, applies Latin American principles to U.S. labor law, and provides tools for real-world, global […]

Today, tens of millions of workers in the United States are subject to coercive non-compete clauses buried deep in the clauses of their employment contracts that prevent them from leaving their jobs and going to work anywhere that might be “competition”—from fast-food franchise workers who can’t move to another restaurant that pays better than minimum […]

Join the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Harvard Labor and Worklife Program for a discussion with Steven Greenhouse, long-time labor reporter for the New York Times, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. The book recounts critical moments in the labor movement and the […]

Join us Tuesday, March 12 for a discussion with Alex Rosenblat, an award winning technology ethnographer and author on her latest book, “UBERLAND: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work.” Tuesday, March 12 12:00pm – 1:00pm [Lunch will be served!] Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School​, Room 2004 Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way […]