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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 08/09/2026

Fran Fine and Homer Simpson featured prominently in our forthcoming book on "Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV."

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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 05/08/2026

We're excited to announce that "So Long, Dental Plan" Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV is scheduled to be published in April 2027 by SUNY Press. Pre-orders will begin around X-Mass time.

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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 28/07/2026

Anecdotally, we found that the era of Peak TV (RIP) opened more opportunities for TV creatives to work in plots about unions vs. bosses.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Now that we've had a couple of days with Slaughter, some thoughts to build on my article, Zones of Independence at the NLRB after Humphrey's Executor. (Read it here! ssrn.com/abstract=633...

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

While we’re all digesting the implications of Trump v. Slaughter, I offer my article, “Zones of Independence at the National Labor Relations Board after Humphrey’s Executor” as a glimmer of comfort for NLRB adjudication.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

So thrilled that @jotwell.bsky.social published my review of @anyabernstein.bsky.social and Cristina Rodriquez's wonderful piece, "Working With Statutes." It's a love letter to civil servants, and I am here for it.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In 1989, I helped run the @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social comic-con, and the amazing comic artist Paul Smith contributed an illustration for our charity auction, which was raising money for adult literacy organizations.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In celebration of the first night of Passover, I offer the CIO's 1945 comic book, "The Bible and the Working Man."

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I can’t wait to read the other contributions! Who doesn’t like tv and labor?

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm trilled to announce that my new article, "Zones of Independence at the National Labor Relations Board after Humphrey's Executor," is slated for publication in the Administrative Law Review this September.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

What's old is new again: As in 1948, hoping Santa loads your stockings with civil rights, full and fair employment, low-cost housing, lower prices, and fair labor laws. Happy holidays to you all!

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Without commenting on substance, the most surprising thing about attending argument in Trump v. Slaughter in person this morning was how short the bar line was to get in! Doesn’t everyone find admin law as exciting as I do? (Spring photo for algorithm.)

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thanks @emilysbremer.bsky.social, @beaubaumann.bsky.social, @jedshug.bsky.social, for dropping great papers in the last couple of days about Humphrey's Executor and administrative adjudication that perfectly fill those pesky "ADD CITE HERE" footnotes in my current article draft.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

From 1950 to today, we still strive for jobs we can be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to you all, and especially to the public servants who make the promise of a better life real for our country and its people every working day. (Image courtesy of the National Labor Service, AJC Archives).

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

That feeling when you're writing an article, have a great idea, then find someone who has reached the same conclusion, and you don't know whether that's good because it reinforces your point or bad because it might look like you're "borrowing" their idea...

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

More dissents like this please. Short, punchy, and to the point.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Lawyer and labor friends: Thursday! Thursday! Thursday! At the Thunderdome! "The Role of Unions and Labor-Management Relations in Promoting American Democracy"! Okay, not at the Thunderdome, but on Zoom! To register, email lerachicagochapter@gmail.com.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before? That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators. My how times change ...

A 1940 newspaper clip from the Springfield Leader and Press, declaring: Superman Poisoning American Children, Irate Nazis cClaim."

"Superman Arouses Teutonic Anger" reads the headline in the Amarillo Daily News"

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

So excited to read this 1968 biography of Senator Robert Wagner, the legislative father of the New Deal. It arrived on my doorstep yesterday thanks to unionized federal postal workers, whose representation wouldn’t have been possible without Senator Wagner’s National Labor Relations Act…

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

In 1958, NLRB Chair Boyd Leedom penned an article opposing judicializing administrative process by creating an Article III administrative court. Interesting stuff, given today’s debates. Far cooler, though, is that the NLRB library’s copy of the article is autographed! Leedom v. Kyne nerds unite!

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I don’t know who put these in the break room, but my dentist and I thank you.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

This is how union officials filed an anti-communist affidavit with the NLRB in 1954, in case you were wondering. If they didn’t, their union lost its right to file for NLRB election petitions or unfair labor practice charges.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Labor law and NLRB stans, from the depths of the NLRB library, I bring you “Washington World” magazine’s September 1963 primer on the Labor Board. I like the headline, “NLRB bans unfairness by boss or worker.” Just doing our jobs, ma’am.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Professors friends who teach Labor and Constitutional Law, here’s your next exam question for *both* classes, courtesy of the Seattle Chief of Police, circa 1935. @charlottegarden.bsky.social @matthewtbodie.bsky.social @alvinvelazquez.bsky.social @patsobkowski.com @cincyannie.bsky.social

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Adlaw nerds: contemporaneous coverage of Humphrey’s Executor, as found in a homemade scrapbook of labor unrest from 1935 tucked away in the NLRB library. @jedshug.bsky.social @emilysbremer.bsky.social @tphillips.bsky.social @kexelchabot.bsky.social @charlottegarden.bsky.social

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

As a 2L in law school, I wrote Justice Souter a fawning fan letter about his concurrence in a seminal free exercise case, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye. Rather than ignore it, he actually responded—validating this young wannabe lawyer’s voice and encouraging me to keep speaking.

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Attn #adlaw nerds: Join Us on May 8, 2025, for the ABA Administrative Law Scholarship Conference -- 30 papers to be workshopped, ~50 scholars presenting and commenting, and plenty of time to socialize. Complimentary registration details here: www.yalejreg.com/nc/join-us-o...

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Join Us on May 8, 2025, for the ABA Administrative Law Scholarship Conference - Yale Journal on Regulation

On Thursday May 8, 2025, in Washington, DC, the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice is hosting a terrific scholarship conference that will feature paper presentations and comment...

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Today is the 88th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision affirming the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act, providing American workers the right to workplace democracy.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

So flattering to see my essay on the major questions doctrine called “clever” by the far-cleverer @beaubaumann.bsky.social in his new MQD round-up. Here’s my piece; please send your thoughts: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... You should read Beau’s round-up too! www.yalejreg.com/nc/a-major-q...

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

7m Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This may be interest to admin law peeps too. (“You got your labor in my admin; no, you got your admin in my labor.”) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @bridgetdooling.bsky.social @khickmanjd.bsky.social @patsobkowski.com @emilysbremer.bsky.social @profdanwalters.bsky.social @kexelchabot.bsky.social

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Anne Lofaso (@cincyannie.bsky.social) and I have just posted our paper, Beyond Loper Bright: Iterative Construction at the National Labor Relations Board.

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

!!! I don't know anything about football, but as a labor law professor, I think I'm now obligated to become an Eagles fan

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NLRB General Counsel @nlrbgc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

President Trump Appoints Willam B. Cowen Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Wow! I never thought I'd be asked to write about The Nanny, crossing picket lines, and the tradition of strong Jewish union women, so I'm indebted to @solongdentalplan.com for making it happen. If you like TV and labor culture, look for solongdentalplan.com in 2026!

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Call for Proposals - So Long, Dental Plan!

“So Long, Dental Plan!” Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV Edited by Shaun Richman Subject Fields Labor Studies, Film and Film History, American Studies, Humanities, Political Sc...

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Perhaps my first, and probably my favorite, FF story ever.

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

What a delight to be back teaching labor law at GW Law! (Or at least on GW's zoom account. Thanks, snow.)

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

In case you missed it during the holidays, what's better to do on a snow day than listen to a podcast about labor history, movies, and mine wars? Check out my chat about Matewan with @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social!

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Matewan (1989) (Guest: Fred B. Jacob) (episode 36)

Podcast Episode · Law on Film · 12/23/2024 · 1h 6m

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

As always, @erikloomis.bsky.social delivers a masterful lesson in labor history, this time on mine safety and health. If you like his thread, you may also enjoy my chat with @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social on John Sayles' classic, Matewan, about the WV Mine Wars. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Matewan (1989) (Guest: Fred B. Jacob) (episode 36)

Podcast Episode · Law on Film · 12/23/2024 · 1h 6m

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

British phone workers’ strike foils Kitty Pryde. She’s stuck with the X-Babies by herself. (Claremont/Adams, Excalibur Mojo Mayhem, 12/89) @annapeppard.bsky.social

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Fred Jacob @fredbjacob.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Chanukah gift for labor nerd. Lucky me!

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