Why Are Workers Struggling? Because Labor Law Is Broken

In March 2014, Sean Caldwell went to the first Philadelphia rally for the Fight for $15, the national campaign to raise the minimum wage and to help fast-food workers — who …

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270 MORTES ANUNCIADAS

Relatório da Comissão Internacional Independente de Inquérito sobre o Impacto do Rompimento da Barragem de Brumadinho (Brasil) de 25 de janeiro de 2019 Brumadinho-Report_PT_web

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270 DEATHS FORETOLD

Report of the International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Impact of the January 25, 2019 Brumadinho Dam Collapse Brumadinho-Report_EN_web

Who’s Responsible Here? Establishing Legal Responsibility in the Fissured Workplace

“The nature of work is changing, with workers enduring increasingly precarious working conditions without any safety net. In response, this Article proposes a new “Concentric Circle framework” which would improve …

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Brazil state judge accepts charges against Vale ex-CEO, others over dam burst

A Brazilian state judge has accepted charges against Vale SA former Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman and 15 others related to a fatal disaster at the iron ore miner’s Brumadinho tailings …

San Diego Closer to Win on Making Instacart Reclassify Workers

Instacart will likely have to reclassify its full-time Shoppers as employees rather than independent contractors, after a state court judge issued a tentative ruling Friday morning granting San Diego’s request …

BILL: BILL C-423 An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff

This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child …

STF atende Petrobras e mantém decisão contra greve dos funcionários

O presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), ministro Dias Toffoli, atendeu nesta quarta-feira um pedido da Petrobras e manteve uma decisão do Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST) contra a greve …

Judge orders thousands of DoorDash cases to arbitration, costing delivery company millions

A federal judge ordered San Francisco food-delivery company DoorDash to arbitrate over 5,000 actions brought by its delivery drivers in a move that could cost the company millions of dollars. …

Lydia Olson, et al. v. State of California, et al.

On January 8, 2020, Plaintiffs Lydia Olson, Miguel Perez, Postmates Inc. (“Postmates”), and Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction requesting that the Court enjoin the enforcement …

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