Black former worker awarded $3.2m in Tesla factory racial-harassment suit

Tesla will pay about $3.2m to a Black former employee after a federal jury in San Francisco ruled the electric-vehicle maker failed to prevent severe racial harassment at its flagship …

Ex-Grubhub Driver Wins 8-Year Legal Battle in California Court, Gets $65

It doesn’t sound like much, but the new ruling could be game-changer for California’s gig economy After nearly a decade of courtroom arguments and appeals, one California man is finally …

U.S., Mexico agree deal to fix labor dispute at VU Manufacturing plant

The U.S. and Mexico on Friday announced a deal to resolve a U.S. labor complaint at VU Manufacturing in northern Mexico that requires the auto parts plant to let workers …

Proposed Class of Sheepherders Vindicated in Suit Against Western Range Association

Last week, a federal district court in the District of Nevada ruled in favor of a proposed class of migrant sheepherders who allege that an association of sheep ranches has colluded to …

Workplace Data Is a Tool of Class Warfare

In September 2020 a Vice reporter discovered that Amazon was seeking to hire two “intelligence analysts” into its Global Security Operations division (GSO). The analysts would use data analytics and other tools to detect …

US (9th Cir. Ct): LYDIA OLSON; MIGUEL PEREZ; POSTMATES, INC., v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

The 9th Circuit appellate court reversed the district court’s dismissal of Uber’s lawsuit alleging AB 5 violates the Equal Protection Clause stating that it could plausibly be understood to do …

US to pay $6.5 million in lost wages owed to Mexican migrant workers

Some 13,000 Mexican migrant workers are owed $6.5 million in unpaid wages, according to a tweet from the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which announced …

HECTOR CASTELLANOS v. State of California et al

Here is the full decision from the appellate court finding that Uber and Lyft drivers are independent contractors and Prop 22 in California is largely constitutional. https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A163655.PDF

US (California) court rules Uber and Lyft workers are contractors

A US court has ruled that “gig” economy giants including Uber and Lyft can continue treating their workers as independent contractors in the state of California. The California appeals court …

US: ‘They’re more concerned about profit’: Osha, DoJ take on Amazon’s grueling working conditions

The US’s top workplace safety regulator and the justice department are pressuring Amazon to explain safety practices that have led to injury rates for warehouse workers that are on average close to …