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33 Rutgers L. Rec. 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/rutglr33 and id is 1 raw text is: RUTGERS LAW RECORD The Internet Journal of Rutgers University School o Law - Newark h/ip: / /w. laiwreo ord. corn Volume 33 Emerging Trends in Labor and Emplgyment Law Spring 2009 Obama's Big Deal; The 2009 Federal Stimulus; Labor And Employment Law At The Crossroads By Mitchell H. Rubinstein' I. Introduction The collapse of the economy at the end of 2008 is one of the most important issues of our time and has resulted in the passage of historic bailout and stimulus legislation. Newly elected President Obama has recognized that his political future depends upon the economy rebounding.2 This Essay focuses on an important aspect of the 2009 economic stimulus, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which seems to have largely been left out of the political debate, and what effect the stimulus will have on labor and employment law. This Essay asserts that this stimulus is much more than just an economic package. It is a reflection of a fundamental social change that is about to occur in labor and employment law similar to President Roosevelt's New Deal. I refer to this as Obama's Big Deal. 1 Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John's Law School and New York Law School; Senior Counsel, New York State United Teachers, affiliated with American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, AFL-CIO; Editor, Adjunct Law Professor Blog, http://www.lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs; B.S., Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations; J.D. with distinction, Hofstra University School of Law. Professor Rubinstein would like to thank St. John's Law School Professor David L. Gregory for his thoughts and insights which lead to the development of this Essay. The views expressed in this Essay are entirely the author's and may not necessarily represent the views of any organization that he is affiliated with. 2 David Herszenhorn and Jeff Zeleny, Senate Begins Intense Negotiations, N.Y. TIMES, Feb. 11, 2009, available at http://www.nytimes.con2009/02/1 1/us/politics/1 1obama.html?_r= 1 &sq=herszenhorn%20and%20zeleny&st=cse& scp= 1 &pagewanted=print.

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