
Visiting Professor of Law; Executive Director, Workers Rights Institute and Distinguished Lecturer
Mark Gaston Pearce
B.A., Cornell University; J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Areas of Expertise:
Scholarship
In Solidarity: Removing Barriers to Organizing: Hearing Before the Comm. on Educ. & Lab., 117th Cong., Sept. 14, 2022 (Statement of Mark Gaston Pearce)(CIS-No.:Pending). [W]
The Right to Organize: Empowering American Workers in a 21st Century Economy: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Health, Educ., Lab. & Pensions, 117th Cong., July 22, 2021 (Statement of Mark Gaston Pearce)(CIS-No.: Pending).
[WWW]The Protecting the Right to Organize Act: Deterring Unfair Labor Practices: Hearing Before Subcomm. on Health, Emp’t, Labor, and Pensions of H. Comm. on Educ. & Labor, 116th Cong., May 8, 2019 (Statement of Mark Gaston Pearce)(CIS-No.: 2020-H341-2036).
[WWW]Book Chapters & Collected Works
Mark Gaston Pearce, It Gets Hot in the Kitchen: New Challenges for the NLRB, in The Challenge for Collective Bargaining: Proceedings of the New York University 65th Annual Conference on Labor 1-1 to 1-12 (Michael Z. Green & Samuel Estreicher eds., New Providence, N.J.: LexisNexis 2013).
In The News
"‘It’s about damn time’: College workers organize amid nationwide labor unrest," coverage in Politico, February 4, 2023, featuring Visiting Professor Mark Gaston Pearce.
"Coalition Asks: Where Is Biden’s NLRB?," coverage in The American Prospect, December 8, 2022, featuring Visiting Professor Mark Gaston Pearce.
"Proposal to open Chipotle Mexican Grill in Waterville follows closure in Augusta," coverage in the Kennebec Journal, October 2, 2022, featuring Visiting Professor Mark Gaston Pearce.
"Law Professor Testifies Before Congress on Labor Organizing, Union Rights," coverage in The Hoya, September 29, 2022, featuring Visiting Professor Mark Gaston Pearce.