@gracabi.bsky.social outlines what could happen in his paper "In Lieu of the NLRA" here. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thrilled to share that I’m co-organizing the Columbia–Cornell Political Economy of Work Junior Scholars Workshop; our second year organizing the junior work law scholars.

Looking for good books/articles on prison abolition and defunding the police as alternative futures of criminal justice. What should I read/assign?

Come to ILR! www.ilr.cornell.edu/programs/mas...

I am just thrilled to have my new article Third-Party Accommodations officially out @michlawreview.bsky.social! The MLR editors were a pleasure to work with and sharing the same volume as @kovarsky.bsky.social & Daniel Fryer is the cherry on top. Read it: repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...

Amazon can either have a Constitutional NLRA preempting state law or an unconstitutional NLRA that opens the door for state regulations. They cannot have both. www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Wrote about it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We’re off to a great start at COSELL (Colloquium on Scholarship on Employment & Labor Law) 2025 hosted by Seton Hall Law! A fascinating panel “Expanding Labor Law” ft. Andrew Elmore (BU), Cesar Rosado (Iowa), and Jonathan Iwry (Wharton), moderated by @gracabi.bsky.social (Cornell ILR) 🥳

📖 Excited to see my article “DEI: Son of Deference” in print in the Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law! The idea first took shape at COSELL two years ago, thanks to the great feedback there, it’s now fully developed and published. Read on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This goes on the door! A new NY law, flipping the federal default by making the Board assert authority over private sector labor disputes. Wrote about it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

By definition, if the NLRA is gone/powerless - states gain regulatory powers of labor relations. Be careful what you wish for, California employers. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

From an outsider's point of view, the suggestion of a partisan makeup of a (hypothetical) labor court is bizarre. And if we're already doing institutional design, why not a tripartite labor court composed of workers, employers, and state representatives as judges? onlabor.org/why-not-a-re...

"The time has come for the labor movement and its lawyers to come to terms with the disintegration of federal labor governance." My paper, now in more complete form, is forthcoming at the Wisconsin Law Review. Available at SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Today I started my 4th year teaching Intro to Labor and Employment Law at Cornell ILR. For our first class, we do a contract reading exercise, going over employment contracts assigned to groups of interns, associates, and executives. We then spot legal issues and try to negotiate solutions. Cool!

Thrilled to have my work on Third-Party Accommodations (forth. @michlawreview.bsky.social) featured on the Chemical Sensitivity Podcast (@podcastingmcs.bsky.social) that amplifies voices of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) & research about the illness. Take a listen: shorturl.at/RbT4e

First time teaching labor and employment law as an offline class - no laptops, phones, etc. The packet I'll use is a modified version of my open-access textbook, freely available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The final version of "DEI as Deference" is now available on SSRN. In it, I argue that DEI rose out of judicial deference to employers. Fifty-year deference annointed employers as civil rights' governors of the workplace, a legal period that is currently changing. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The only viable path to continued federal governance of private sector labor relations during R administrations is a strong state-based alternative. www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac... Working paper around those themes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... A more developed Law Rev was submitted.

Bumping this opportunity for feedback on junior scholars' work. Having someone read and comment on your work in progress is a rare privilege in academic life. Submit your work, tell a friend, dm for qs. politicaleconomy.columbia.edu/news/call-pa...

Unilaterally assigning status by executive action - I hope labor advocates are taking notes news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

I just got the plaque for the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award from Cornell University for 2025. Deeply humbling. לחיי הספינות שבדרך,

So, I see we're back to NLRA business as usual, flipping and flopping our way to 0% union density. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

If you want a functioning Board and NLRA - invest in countervailing state labor laws. Scare them back into the NLRA. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

The struggle to classify gig workers as employees was the biggest policy defeat for labor progressives in the 2010s. I'm glad to see new venues opening up. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-... My (first) old paper holds up well: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

RIP Dick Fallon. A devastating loss professionally and personally.

I highly recommend reading @gracabi.bsky.social's paper. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... For another idea that complements his, check out Brian Callaci and my paper on how Parker Immunity can be used to create sectoral bargaining. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

If you think the NLRA is doomed, you should push for state private sector labor laws to protect workers' rights to power and voice on the job. If you want to protect the NLRA, you should advocate for state labor laws as a counterbalance to employers' efforts to undermine the Board. All roads etc.

De-minimis slavery is allowed news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

Memes for my work law textbook for the notes on Katie Wood v. Fl dept of Ed. (11th Cir).

I know this is not the most important thing going on in the world right now but also yes it absolutely is. The reboot of Mountain Monsters (IYKYK) has now opened its fundraising page so they can make the show and I want these men drowning in lucre: www.indiegogo.com/projects/son...

Future R administrations

Are you going to LLRN and looking for something to say to the folks at the Oxford Handbook of the Law of Work panel? Read my review of their mega-project and speak truth to power! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🎧 Curious whether workers might be stronger without the NLRA/NLRB? This Power At Work episode challenges assumptions about U.S. labor law and organizing rights. Essential listening for labor folks. 🔗 poweratwork.us/would-worker... #Labor #Unions #NLRA #NLRB #WorkerPower #LaborLaw

Thinking about getting rid of labor law in the US? @poweratwork.bsky.social hosted @gracabi.bsky.social, @mrsethharris.bsky.social@sethunion.bsky.social, Lynn Rhinehardt, and myself to talk about that and what could replace it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDI...

🚨 New Working Paper! 🚨 Teamed up with student co-author Pranathi Charasala on our first piece together — on caste discrimination in New York. Take a look: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Thoughts & feedback welcome. #Caste #LaborLaw #LegalResearch #SocialJustice #StudentWork #WorkingPaper

This Day in Labor History: June 19, 1982. Two Chrysler workers, a plant supervisor named Ronald Ebens and his laid-off stepson Michael Nitz, beat a Chinese-American draftsmen named Vincent Chin to death in the parking lot of a strip club in Highland Park, Michigan. Let's talk anti-Asian racism, sigh

In lieu of the NLRA, state labor law news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-... I describe those private sector labor laws in a working paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Summer vacation is here, but I'm always happy to chat with any Cornell ILR or Cornell Law students about the recent crisis in the Middle East, part of a series of seemingly never-ending nested crises, and their effects on campus. photo credits: www.avishag-sy.com/israel-iran-...

I'll have more to say about this later but... Goodness. This article's description of the decisionmaking process on (cleaned up) and including an abbr. for Palestine does not make anyone look good. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #LegalWriting #Citation #Bluebook22 cc: @scotusplaces.bsky.social

Raymond Geuss on Alasdair MacIntyre newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Yep. onlabor.org/going-garmon...

if artifacts have politics, they have authority, and with authority comes bluebook rules

''As we will see, construing anti Zionist and anti-Israel activities as anti-Jewish discrimination would likely require revising antidiscrimination law in ways that progressives have long advocated'' Yep. I tend to agree with those (previous?) progressive constructions of antidiscrimination law.

🚨 Labor Law Professors: How are you preparing to teach the course next year? Lack of quorum, looming unitary executive, potential mass rehaul of Biden Board cases, and ongoing attacks on the Board’s authority, are you shifting from Board doctrines to Court ones? Private to Public? Federal to State?

The continued lack of a functional federal labor law must lead to the empowerment of states' labor laws. 19 states already have on their books private sector labor laws, almost all include a commitment to labor peace via structured labor relations framework. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Such an exciting opportunity for early career work law scholars! 💪💣🎆

📢 CFP: Columbia–Cornell Jr Scholars Workshop on the Political Economy of Work 🗽 Dec 5–6, 2025 in NYC! Open to early-career scholars in law, soc, econ, poli sci, history. Submit 1p abstract by Sept 15 ✅ Feedback + mentoring ✅ Travel/lodging support (if needed) 🔗 forms.gle/vDkCHyenE5yQ...

Gali Racabi (@gracabi.bsky.social) is one of four Cornell faculty members to win a Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award, which recognizes the sustained and distinguished contributions of tenure-track faculty and senior lecturers to advising undergraduates. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Just updated my open-access Work Law textbook! Covers employee classification, at-will employment, constitutional aspects of work, antidiscrimination & labor law, plus recs for books, movies & docs. Still in beta, so feedback welcome! 📚 🔗 ssrn.com/abstract=487...

The NLRA is crumbling due to legal attacks and internal breakdown. But here’s the surprising part: states can step in. In my new piece for PowerAtWorkBlog, I look at state private-sector labor laws that could help rebuild worker power. 🔗 poweratwork.us/how-state-la...

Read @gracabi.bsky.social's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of 'The Oxford Handbook of Law and Work' @oupacademic.bsky.social edited by Guy Davidov and others that offers multiple entry points into #work #law through the examples of different countries and work contexts. doi.org/10.1177/0019...