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Executive summary Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. Independent contractor (IC) misclassification occurs when a worker who should be considered...

On July 10, 2014, when the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 42 was officially announced, many Americans were introduced for the first time to an old labor practice: members-only unions.1 Local 42 was formed at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee...

Martin Luther King's last book was downplayed when it was first published in 1967; even radicals thought it passe. On the 50th anniversary of its first publication--it is still in print-- the reviewers find much of value here for contemporary readers...

Ann C. Hodges is a Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. As every first-year law student learns, the First Amendment is not absolute because the government can restrict speech with adequate justification. When the government...

by Amy B. Dean Fast food workers in dozens of cities staged a national day of strikes on Thursday, August 29. The action sought to galvanize public support for a living wage of $15 per hour, and respect for fast food workers’ right to organize...