Terri Gerstein
@TerriGerstein
Workers' rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Director, @NYUWagner Labor Initiative. Fmr: @CLJEHarvard @EconomicPolicy @NewYorkStateAG. Mom of 2 ppl taller than me.
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http://www.terrigerstein.com 14-11-2015 04:16:58
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Any time someone compares an employment relationship to a 'family,' RUN - run for the hills!
Work can be meaningful, some companies treat ppl well, colleagues can become dear friends. But your employer is not your family & #Noncompetes are NOT like marriage contracts! π€‘
Today could be a historic day for labor, with VW workers in Tennessee expected to vote in favor of unionizing, making it the 1st foreign-owned auto plant in the South to unionizeββThis would be the biggest breakthru in private-sector organizing in decades'
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/aβ¦
'What do you say to a young progressive or an Arab-American who says to you, 'I just can't vote for Biden again after what he's enabled in Gaza.'?
Listen to a detailed, thoughtful, & important answer to my Q from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Zeteo launch. (Do try & actually listen & not assume!)
Great thread by Anna Stansbury on lack of incentives for employers to comply w/ the federal min wage. My question what'd the analysis be related to state & local enforcement? A growing # of State AGs, cities/counties, and DAs/prosecutors are fighting #WageTheft , some aggressively
Q: What can cities & counties do to protect workers...when they're in (yuck) states that quash local action thru preemption laws??
A: LiJia of Local Progress & I co-authored a Fordham Urban Law Journal law review article sharing *many* ideas about this! Here's a link: ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol51/iss4β¦
Child labor, sectoral bargaining, and more - Seth D. Harris AlΓ R. Bustamante, Ph.D. & I had a great conversation on the Power At Work. We covered serious topics and yet it was a really fun conversation!