*Chauncey Bellamy I. Introduction Lawsuits have been piling up against the makers of reality TV.[1] From Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise to Netflix’s Love Is Blind, reality TV stars have taken their complaints about unsafe working conditions and substandard pay to the courts.[2] For instance, Leah McSweeney, former star of The Real Housewives of NewContinue reading “Unscripted Gains and Unseen Losses: How Reality TV Stars Could Win in Court but Still Lose the Fight for Employee Status”
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What the Memphis Seven Decision Means for Starbucks Workers
*Violet Sovine Starbucks Workers United[1] and the Starbucks Corporation announced in February 2024 that they would hold collective bargaining sessions after failing to begin negotiations for a little over three years.[2] Starbucks has previously shown extreme hostility to the unionization of its stores, causing Starbucks Workers United to file 700 unfair labor practice (ULP) chargesContinue reading “What the Memphis Seven Decision Means for Starbucks Workers”
Recognizing the Workplace Rights of Student-Workers: Adapting Labor Law for the 21st Century
Recognizing the Workplace Rights of Student-Workers: Adapting Labor Law for the 21st Century William Suggs* For over eighty years, workers acting collectively to improve the terms and conditions of their employment have been protected by the National Labor Relations Act. National Labor Relations Act, ch. 372, § 7, 49 Stat. 449 (1935) (current version atContinue reading “Recognizing the Workplace Rights of Student-Workers: Adapting Labor Law for the 21st Century”
Volume 42 Issue 1
Here’s a look at Volume 42 Issue 1: 1) A Critique of Best Practices in Legal Education: Five Things All Law Professors Should Know, by Michael T. Gibson, Professor of Law at the Oklahoma City University School of Law Professor Gibson has written a critique of four of the central claims in Best Practices inContinue reading “Volume 42 Issue 1”
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