Jessica Garrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 389029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Garrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Garrick |
| SIGNATURE | GARRICK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4791-7265 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bureaucratic Legacies and Resistance: How Mission-Committed Officials Sustain Enforcement in Converted Institutions
The National Labor Relations Act no longer protects the right to unionize because business organizations and their allies have succeeded in redirecting the statute to protect their interests over workers’ right to collective action. This paper examines how processes of conversion have reshaped the agency charged with enforcement—the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). I argue that conversion does not produce institutional collapse but rather i…
Reaching non-unionized workers: The Labor Board's Regional Outreach Efforts
The National Labor Relations Act ("the Act") was once considered a successful experiment in workplace self-regulation. Employees were empowered to bargain for working conditions with employers, and the National Labor Relations Board ("the Board") enforced the necessary rights and processes. Over time, employer resistance eroded the statute's protections and drove deunionization. In the early 2010s, however, some Board officials recognized communi…
Beyond Legal Ossification: The National Labor Relations Board and Endogenous Legal Mobilization
Despite widespread perceptions of the National Labor Relations Act's (NLRA) waning relevance, recent years have witnessed a surge in charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Notably, over the past decade nonunionized workers, not seeking immediate unionization, have increasingly mobilized their Section-7 right to engage in “mutual aid or protection.” Drawing on qualitative interviews and freedom-of-information-act charge data…
The Gendered Effects of Multilayered Immigration Enforcement: Sanctuary Policy and Police-Community Relations in New Mexico
Executive Summary This study explores the relationship between “sanctuary policies” that bar local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities and immigrant attitudes toward law enforcement agencies. It draws upon original survey data collected in New Mexico in 2019 and finds: • First, that immigrants who believe they are protected by sanctuary have more trust in their police and sheriffs than immigrants who ant…
How Worker Centers Organize Low-Wage Workers: An Exploration of Targets and Strategies
In response to the growing absence of unions from the private sector, community-based organizations known as worker centers have emerged as a new front in protecting and organizing workers. Scholars generally argue that worker centers have converged on a model of combining service provision with organizing and advocacy, supported primarily by funding from foundations and government agencies. I draw on interviews conducted with worker center staff…
Legality with a Vengeance: Reclaiming Distribution for Sociolegal Studies
The law and society community has argued for decades for an expansive understanding of what counts as "law." But a content analysis of articles published in the Law & Society Review from its 1966 founding to the present finds that since the 1970s, the law and society community has focused its attention on laws in which the state regulates behavior, and largely ignored laws in which the state distributes resources, goods, and services. Why did soc…
Repurposing American Labor Law: Immigrant Workers, Worker Centers, and the National Labor Relations Act
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935 has been widely portrayed as an anachronistic piece of legislation that needs to be reformed or abandoned. In the absence of reform, many US labor unions try to avoid the NLRA process altogether by organizing workers outside the confines of the law. But Somos un Pueblo Unido, or 'Somos,' a worker center in New Mexico, has been using a novel interpretation of the NLRA less to boost union density than…
Legality with a Vengeance: Reclaiming Distribution for Sociolegal Studies
The law and society community has argued for decades for an expansive understanding of what counts as "law." But a content analysis of articles published in the Law & Society Review from its 1966 founding to the present finds that since the 1970s, the law and society community has focused its attention on laws in which the state regulates behavior, and largely ignored laws in which the state distributes resources, goods, and services. Why did soc…
Repurposing American Labor Law: Immigrant Workers, Worker Centers, and the National Labor Relations Act
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935 has been widely portrayed as an anachronistic piece of legislation that needs to be reformed or abandoned. In the absence of reform, many US labor unions try to avoid the NLRA process altogether by organizing workers outside the confines of the law. But Somos un Pueblo Unido, or 'Somos,' a worker center in New Mexico, has been using a novel interpretation of the NLRA less to boost union density than…
Beyond Legal Ossification: The National Labor Relations Board and Endogenous Legal Mobilization
Despite widespread perceptions of the National Labor Relations Act's (NLRA) waning relevance, recent years have witnessed a surge in charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Notably, over the past decade nonunionized workers, not seeking immediate unionization, have increasingly mobilized their Section-7 right to engage in “mutual aid or protection.” Drawing on qualitative interviews and freedom-of-information-act charge data…
How Worker Centers Organize Low-Wage Workers: An Exploration of Targets and Strategies
In response to the growing absence of unions from the private sector, community-based organizations known as worker centers have emerged as a new front in protecting and organizing workers. Scholars generally argue that worker centers have converged on a model of combining service provision with organizing and advocacy, supported primarily by funding from foundations and government agencies. I draw on interviews conducted with worker center staff…
Repurposing American Labor Law: Immigrant Workers, Worker Centers, and the National Labor Relations Act
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935 has been widely portrayed as an anachronistic piece of legislation that needs to be reformed or abandoned. In the absence of reform, many US labor unions try to avoid the NLRA process altogether by organizing workers outside the confines of the law. But Somos un Pueblo Unido, or 'Somos,' a worker center in New Mexico, has been using a novel interpretation of the NLRA less to boost union density than…
Legality with a Vengeance: Reclaiming Distribution for Sociolegal Studies
The law and society community has argued for decades for an expansive understanding of what counts as "law." But a content analysis of articles published in the Law & Society Review from its 1966 founding to the present finds that since the 1970s, the law and society community has focused its attention on laws in which the state regulates behavior, and largely ignored laws in which the state distributes resources, goods, and services. Why did soc…
How Worker Centers Organize Low-Wage Workers: An Exploration of Targets and Strategies
In response to the growing absence of unions from the private sector, community-based organizations known as worker centers have emerged as a new front in protecting and organizing workers. Scholars generally argue that worker centers have converged on a model of combining service provision with organizing and advocacy, supported primarily by funding from foundations and government agencies. I draw on interviews conducted with worker center staff…
The Gendered Effects of Multilayered Immigration Enforcement: Sanctuary Policy and Police-Community Relations in New Mexico
Executive Summary This study explores the relationship between “sanctuary policies” that bar local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities and immigrant attitudes toward law enforcement agencies. It draws upon original survey data collected in New Mexico in 2019 and finds: • First, that immigrants who believe they are protected by sanctuary have more trust in their police and sheriffs than immigrants who ant…
Beyond Legal Ossification: The National Labor Relations Board and Endogenous Legal Mobilization
Despite widespread perceptions of the National Labor Relations Act's (NLRA) waning relevance, recent years have witnessed a surge in charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Notably, over the past decade nonunionized workers, not seeking immediate unionization, have increasingly mobilized their Section-7 right to engage in “mutual aid or protection.” Drawing on qualitative interviews and freedom-of-information-act charge data…
Reaching non-unionized workers: The Labor Board's Regional Outreach Efforts
The National Labor Relations Act ("the Act") was once considered a successful experiment in workplace self-regulation. Employees were empowered to bargain for working conditions with employers, and the National Labor Relations Board ("the Board") enforced the necessary rights and processes. Over time, employer resistance eroded the statute's protections and drove deunionization. In the early 2010s, however, some Board officials recognized communi…
Bureaucratic Legacies and Resistance: How Mission-Committed Officials Sustain Enforcement in Converted Institutions
The National Labor Relations Act no longer protects the right to unionize because business organizations and their allies have succeeded in redirecting the statute to protect their interests over workers’ right to collective action. This paper examines how processes of conversion have reshaped the agency charged with enforcement—the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). I argue that conversion does not produce institutional collapse but rather i…
Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works)