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Ever since Scott Walker took over as governor of Wisconsin in 2011 the Republican strategy has been to throw everything at workers at once, overwhelming their ability to resist. This strategy has led to the rapid repeal of worker rights in states such as Michigan,...
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The NLRB in the Partisan Era

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On October 11, 2016
I have a new piece up at Democracy Journal about the National Labor Relations Board in the partisan era. Roosevelt’s advisers intended for the NLRB to be a non-partisan agency; it drew most of its early appointees from government workers. Representing business, labor, and the...
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Going After Franchising

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On March 10, 2016
Lydia DePillis has a good profile of David Weil and Richard Griffin, the NLRB appointees seeking to hold companies accountable for their franchisers. This is freaking industry out and they are siccing their dogs on the NLRB, which I expect will be utterly eviscerated and...
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