According to the Crimson, Harvard has circulated an email advising departments seeking to hire spring teaching fellows (and other student workers) to include certain language in job postings and offer letters. …
Doe v Apple Inc., et al
On December 16, 2019. a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington DC against Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla by Congolese families who say their children were killed …
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed while mining for cobalt used to …
Picked by slaves: coffee crisis brews in Brazil
As the coffee harvest drew to a close in the rolling hills of southeastern Brazil, labor inspectors raced to two sprawling plantations with one goal – to rescue workers from …
McDonald’s Wins Backing of Labor Board
The National Labor Relations Board instructed a federal judge to approve a settlement in a case pertaining to McDonald’s Corp. status as a joint employer, helping shield the company from liability from …
When Anti-Immigrant Mania Endangers Public Safety
What happens when loathing for immigrants reflexively trumps all other concerns? We learned one answer to this question late last month, when a crucial witness to the Hard Rock Hotel …
Major global hotel brands accused of profiting from sex trafficking
Hotel brands owned by Hilton, Intercontinental and Best Western are among a number of leading global chains accused of profiting from sex trafficking. In a landmark case that lawyers claim …
She was Instacart’s biggest cheerleader. Now she’s leading a worker revolt.
When Vanessa Bain quit her job working with special needs students at a public high school in Silicon Valley to become a shopper for online grocery delivery company Instacart, she …
UBER’S DANGEROUS EXPANSION INTO TEMPORARY LABOR
Uber is at it again. The company is expanding its “on demand” model of precarious work to the temporary staffing business—an industry already notorious for exploitative labor practices. Through its …
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