Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
5-2025
Abstract
Without significant changes in labor law, the 100-year life will almost certainly be defined by deep inequities. Working-class people, and workers of color in particular, are least likely to enjoy extended life spans. And if they do live longer, they are unlikely to enjoy a leisurely retirement in which they decide how they spend their extra years. Instead, they will face more toil and precarity. This chapter imagines a different future. It asks: What would the 100-year life look like if working people had a greater hand in shaping it? What would a legal regime look like that gave working people power to affect decisions about how work is structured and how resources are distributed in the era of the 100-year life? How might we reimagine labor law for a more just and equitable 100-year life?
Disciplines
Labor and Employment Law | Law
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Kate Andrias,
Working to Death: Labor Law in the 100 Year Life,
Law and the 100-Year Life: Transforming Our Institutions for a Longer Lifespan, Anne L. Alstott, Abbe R. Gluck & Eugene Rusyn (Eds.), Cambridge University Press
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/4634
Comments
This material has been published in "Law and the 100-Year Life: Transforming Our Institutions for a Longer Lifespan" edited by Anne L. Alstott, Abbe R. Gluck, and Eugene Rusyn.