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Volkswagen Opens Door to Challenging NLRB Regional Directors

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. expanded the courtroom attack on the National Labor Relations Board’s constitutionality, newly targeting officials who are critical to the agency’s administration and enforcement of workers’ …

California appeals court jettisons Blue Origin arbitration agreement

The California Court of Appeals has shot down an arbitration clause used in space technology company Blue Origin’s employee contracts, halting its efforts to force a harassment complaint out of …

Trump tariff threats should spur UK to ban forced labor, say Labour MPs

Keir Starmer’s government needs to ban forced labor from nations like China as a probe of U.K. supply chains by the Trump administration threatens new tariffs, senior Labour lawmakers told …

Resources

ILO Working Paper: Navigating workers’ data rights in the digital age

A historical, current, and future perspective on workers’ data protection “Over recent decades, comprehensive data protection legislation has proliferated worldwide, with a majority of jurisdictions enacting robust statutory regimes. Despite …

Fixing a labour justice system that fails workers

On May 1, as the world marks International Workers’ Day, the promise of justice for workers in Bangladesh deserves renewed attention. At the centre of that promise stand the country’s …

Employers Should Choose a Lane

mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …

California: Garment Labels Liable for Wages

“GARMENT WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2022 may collect their wages, not merely from the production facility that employs them, but alternatively from the garment labels and some retailers for whom …

A Historic Trade Union Law Revision Expand the Concept of Employer in Korea

“ON 24 AUGUST 2025, the Korean National Assembly adopted an amendment to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Adjustment Act (노동조합 및 노동관계 조정법, hereafter TULRAA).1 The essence of this …

Compensation falls short and fails workers, it must change

In conversation with AKM Nasim, Country Programme Director at Solidarity Center Bangladesh and a former member of the Labour Reform Commission. What provisions currently exist in Bangladesh’s labour laws and …

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