Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection For Activist Workers

Google, whose employees have captured international attention in recent months through high-profile protests of workplace policies, has been quietly urging the U.S. government to narrow legal protection for workers organizing online. …

How to Make Sure Federal Workers Won’t Go Unpaid Ever Again

In March 1970, 250,000 postal workers went out on strike because Congress
 was refusing to enact legislation that would give them a long overdue raise. Many postal workers were then …

France, UK: “Global Framework Agreements and Trade Unions as Monitoring Agents in Transnational Corporations”

Based on a qualitative analysis of ten French multinational companies, this article pursues an empirical investigation that presents the authors’ view of what a global framework agreement should be. The …

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GLOBAL COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF WORK

Co-chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, the Global Commission on the Future of Work outlines a vision for a human-centred agenda that is …

Death to Scabby: Trump Labor Counsel Wants Protest Icon Deflated

Scabby the Rat stands 12 to 30 feet tall, teeth bared and claws raised aggressively, with hungry, bloodshot eyes. The giant rodent’s sickly-looking underbelly refers to the ‘scab’ pejorative sometimes …

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Will the Revolution Succeed Without the Protection of Labor Rights?

Ask anyone about their working conditions in Armenia and they will tell you their rights are not protected, even if they have minimal knowledge of those rights. Indeed, labor rights …

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Bangladesh EPZ Labour Act 2019

EPZ Labour Ordinance 2019 (1)

Forced To Work Without Pay: Do Federal Employees Have a Thirteenth Amendment Claim?

The federal government shutdown is precipitating a wave of lawsuits and talk of sick-outs and strikes. That should be no surprise when approximately 400,000 federal employees are being required to work without pay. Wait, “required.”?Talk of being “forced” or …

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Foodora, accolto in Appello a Torino il ricorso di 5 ex rider

La Corte d’Appello di Torino ha accolto, per una parte sostanziale, il ricorso di cinque ex rider di Foodora che chiedevano il riconoscimento della subordinazione del rapporto di lavoro. In primo …

İZBAN strike banned with Presidential Decree, signed by Erdoğan

The strike that İzmir Suburban Rail System (İZBAN) workers have kept up for one month to gain the same pay as other rail transport workers has been banned by President …

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