Benjamin Sachs
@bsachs
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Harvard Law Professor and co-founder of @OnLaborBlog. Specialist in labor law, with focus on unions in politics.
Cambridge, MA
Joined March 2009
It should be illegal to fire the cyclist who gave Trump the finger https://t.co/L5tuCKpuYL by @bsachs
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My colleague @bsachs on Gothamist shutdown: https://t.co/oq1UZAkXvq. Life imitates tech as workers are thought of as swappable computers.
onlabor.org
By Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs: Last week, billionaire Joe Ricketts abruptly shut down the local news websites Gothamist and DNAinfo. The closure came a week after the sites’ newsroom employees...
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Autocracy at Work: Understanding the Gothamist Shut Down
onlabor.org
By Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs: Last week, billionaire Joe Ricketts abruptly shut down the local news websites Gothamist and DNAinfo. The closure came a week after the sites’ newsroom employees...
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“Love only when there’s something lovable.”
chronicle.com
The Yale historian has become a prominent critic of liberalism. But what’s he for?
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Legal experts: NFL players have the right as workers and citizens to make their voices heard. @bsachs @NoahZatz
nytimes.com
Stifling the protests would be illegal.
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.@daveyseligman one of country's most innovative and expert litigators on questions of labor market manipulation on new NFL developments
NFL now giving country tutorial on workers' rights. An agreement to blackball Kap would be illegal, perhaps criminal
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@bsachs makes case that retaliating agst NFL players would violate labor law. NFL team owners would be smart to follow his advice. @NFLPA
Trump wants NFL owners to bench players who protest during national anthem. That’s illegal. via @bsachs @voxdotcom
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Harvard law professor @bsachs says there’s no debate that sitting players who sit during anthem is against federal law.
Benching Anthem Protesters is Illegal
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Interesting take from @bsachs here. A labor angle hadn't occurred to me.
Ben Sachs on why benching football anthem protesters is Illegal-not under 1st Am., but under labor law. https://t.co/x2KncBI1Lf
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.@bsachs fleshes out the argument for why it's illegal to bench NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem https://t.co/48aknkYewU
onlabor.org
On Sunday, Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, said he would bench players who did not stand during the national anthem. This threat was publicized nationally and applauded by President...
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Agency Fees are really payments by the employer to the union, and thus not protected speech #Janus #1u
https://t.co/HeVtOacfBm
@bsachs
onlabor.org
In light of the Court’s grant of cert. in Janus v. AFSCME, I’m posting my new draft article on the subject. The article, Agency Fees and the First Amendment, 131 Harv. L. Rev. (forthcoming Feb....
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Ban Sachs on the latest effort to constitutionalize ordinary regulation. Excellent piece.
onlabor.org
In light of the Court’s grant of cert. in Janus v. AFSCME, I’m posting my new draft article on the subject. The article, Agency Fees and the First Amendment, 131 Harv. L. Rev. (forthcoming Feb....
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SCOTUS: Why is the union fees case like the gerrymandering case? Entrenchment. @bsachs has the analysis
onlabor.org
Two cases before the Supreme Court this Term will determine the extent to which political parties can entrench themselves in office. The most obvious of these cases is Gill v. Whitford, which...
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What will the @Harvard_Law Professor @bsachs have to say about regulatory challenges that #sharingeconomy businesses face? Find out!
Harvard law professor @bsachs will give a keynote speech on the 20th of October @reshaping_work in Amsterdam. Don't miss it!
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Some legal analysis of yesterday's great reporting by @amyjharris @shoeshine
https://t.co/VqgR4Yh1CF
@UCLA_Law @UCLALabor @OSFellows
Chicken Processing as Drug Rehab: Forced Labor in a Diversion Program
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