The California Supreme Court threw out a constitutional challenge to Proposition 22, clearing the path for the voter-approved law allowing gig companies to keep treating their workers as independent contractors. …
Bangladesh Garment Makers Settle With Sears Over $40 Million In Canceled Orders
Bangladeshi garment suppliers—battered by the pandemic and the unethical business practices of Western clothing giants—have settled with one of their biggest tormentors: Sears. The crumbling retailer left its manufacturers with stacks of its …
Amazon presses for in-person voting for unionization election in the midst of a pandemic
Amazon wants the upcoming unionization election at its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse to be held in-person, arguing against National Labor Relations Board guidance to hold mail-in balloting in the middle of …
Postmates Must Arbitrate Wage Dispute With Nearly 5,000 Couriers
Postmates must individually arbitrate with about 4,800 couriers who allege they are misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees under California labor law, and the company must pay the couriers’ …
U.S. Bans All Cotton and Tomatoes From Xinjiang Region of China
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a ban on imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Xinjiang area of China, as well as all products made with those materials, citing …
Driver lawsuit says Uber and Lyft’s Proposition 22 is unconstitutional
A trio of ride-hail drivers filed a lawsuit in California’s Supreme Court on Tuesday alleging that Proposition 22 is unconstitutional. The proposition was voted into law by California residents in November and …
Brazilian beef farms ‘used workers kept in conditions similar to slavery’
Brazilian companies and slaughterhouses including the world’s largest meat producer, JBS, sourced cattle from supplier farms that made use of workers kept in slavery-like conditions, according to a new report. …
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In Cedar Point, Will the Supreme Court Rewrite the Fifth Amendment?
“This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a case, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, challenging a forty-five year old California regulation that gives union organizers limited access to growers’ private property to …