Issue: Workers’ Rights

American workers deserve safe working conditions, fair pay, and the collective bargaining rights to ensure them. ACS’s work in this area focuses on developing legal frameworks that support workers and examining the challenges posed to existing frameworks by our new “gig economy.”

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Protecting Franchisees and Workers in Fast Food Work

December 6, 2021

 

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The Doomed Constitutional Case Against Exclusive Representation

June 14, 2021

 

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No Exit: Understanding Employee Non-Competes and Identifying Best Practices to Limit Their Overuse

November 6, 2019

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Redefining Employment For The Modern Economy

October 26, 2016

 

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Friedrichs V. California Teachers Association: The American Labor Relations System In Jeopardy

November 12, 2015

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A More Perfect Union: The Future of Labor Law in a Post-COVID Economy

December 22, 2020

 

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Mind the Gap: How Law Can Address Income Inequality in America

October 24, 2019

 

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Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Raising the Floor & Shattering the Ceiling

June 20, 2019

 

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Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Laws Since the Passage of the FLSA

April 6, 2018

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Unfinished Business: FLSA at 80 Years Roundtable

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ACS’s Commitment to Workers’ Rights

April 10, 2020

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Reviving Progressive Constitutional Political Economy

April 14, 2023

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ACS Puget Sound: Gig Workers and The New Racial Wage Code

October 27, 2021

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A More Perfect Union: The Future of Labor Law in a Post-COVID Economy

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ACS DC: COVID-19’s Impact on At-Risk Populations: Views from the Legal Frontlines

October 9, 2020

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First Monday

October 5, 2020

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A Challenge for College and Graduate Students

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Sub-Issues

Collective Bargaining
Fair Pay
Labor and Employment Law
Worker Safety