A Justiça do Ceará determinou que as empresas de transporte Uber e 99 assegurem aos motoristas vinculados às plataformas o pagamento de remuneração mínima por hora efetivamente trabalhada ou à …
COVID-19: We need more OSHA, not less
“It’s easy for all of us — including our national leadership — to pay lip-service to caring about the safety and health of our frontlines, essential workers in the face …
Withhold Release Orders, in Three Acts: Heralding A New Enforcement Era
“The Tariff Act of 1930 included a little-known and rarely used weapon to combat importation of goods made with forced labor, Section 307. But the act included an exception – …
Labor groups urge Congress to reject Uber’s push for new labor classification
More than 50 labor groups on Wednesday urged congressional leaders to reject Uber’s proposal for a new worker classification that would allow the ride-hailing company to continue treating its drivers …
Now Is the Best and Worst Time for Workers to Go on Strike
“On March 28, Chris Smalls felt like giving up. He’d spent days talking with co-workers at the Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in New York City’s Staten Island about how to temporarily …
Under Trump the NLRB Has Gone Completely Rogue
An agency founded to defend workers’ rights is dismantling them just when workers need them most. “Last week, while the country was riveted on the skyrocketing number of Covid-19 cases …
How states and employers can use work sharing to avoid more layoffs
An unprecedented 10 million people have applied for unemployment insurance in the past two weeks, and more are likely to come. Many American employers are responding to shutdown orders, their …
SECOR v. BARKEV MATERIAIS PARA CONSTRUÇÕES LTDA
SUBJECT: RIGHT TO LIFE AND HEALTH. LACK OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IN THE WORKPLACE, VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN DIGNITY. This is one of many …
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Temp Workers Face Greater Risk and Insecurity in COVID-19 Crisis
“In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, some of our most essential workers are temp workers. The warehouse workers who fulfill and package online orders often don’t work for Amazon but …