Labor Initiative
The NYU Wagner Labor Initiative explores, advocates for, and accelerates the often-untapped potential of government in safeguarding and advancing workers' rights. The Labor Initiative helps government work for workers, by serving as a hub of analysis, research, and implementation guidance, as well as idea generation and dissemination, related to the role of government in advancing and protecting workers’ rights.
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Issue Brief: How State and Local Government Can Support Workers’ Right to Form and Join Unions
For nearly a century, the right to form and join unions has been established by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That right is imperiled by recent actions at the federal level, along with legal challenges to the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). This issue brief describes options for state and local government officials, elected and appointed, who wish to support the right to unionize and collectively bargain, a right enshrined in federal law and international law, and in some cases also guaranteed by state statutes and in state constitutions.
