In these cases, what matters is how much pressure an employer puts on their employee to do the work.
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The walkout by thousands of Google employees around the world was historic, both because of who was protesting and what their demands were. It may even mark the start of something new.
Trump has attacked NAFTA, saying that cheap, under-regulated Mexican labor hurts American workers. If he’s right, then NAFTA negotiations could be a chance to push Mexico on workers’ rights.
Joe Ricketts abruptly shut down DNAinfo and Gothamist after his employees voted to unionize. Is what he did legal? And how could similar events be prevented in the future?
Nearly one in five employed Americans is bound by a contract restricting moves to rival companies. Here’s one way to make those arrangements less common.
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Professor Emeritus of Management, Colorado State University
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Professor of Law and Director, Workplace Law Program, Texas A&M University
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Technology and Operations, University of Michigan
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Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs; Professor of Law and Ira C. Batman Faculty Fellow, Indiana University
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Executive Director, Cornell Univeristy ILR School New Conversations Project, Cornell University
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Professor of Industrial Relations, Asian Studies and Public Affairs, Cornell University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrant Workers' Rights Clinic, UA James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
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Professor of Health Law and Director, Health Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of American History, Bard College
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Professor of Theology, Vanderbilt University
