US: ‘They’re more concerned about profit’: Osha, DoJ take on Amazon’s grueling working conditions

The US’s top workplace safety regulator and the justice department are pressuring Amazon to explain safety practices that have led to injury rates for warehouse workers that are on average close to …

Starbucks committed ‘egregious’ violations in battling union, judge rules

Starbucks committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal labor law while trying to halt union campaigns, a federal administrative law judge ruled Tuesday, and ordered the coffee giant to give …

Flexible work without exploitation

Reversing tech companies’ state-by-state agenda to unravel workers’ rights and misclassify workers as ‘contractors’ in the gig economy and beyond “Digital platform companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash are …

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Teleworkers’ short breaks are compensable FLSA time, DOL says

Short breaks of fewer than 20 minutes taken by hourly, non-exempt employees who telework or must be counted as compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act — as is the case …

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PVH Corp pays US$1m as severance to Haitian garment workers

PVH Corp, the apparel retailer of brands including Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, has reportedly paid approximately US$1m in compensation to Haitian workers after the closure of a factory almost …

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AFL-CIO wants bigger say in U.S. digital trade deals for workers

The Biden administration has made digital trade the centerpiece of its trade negotiations, and the AFL-CIO wants a bigger say in how the U.S. Trade Representative’s office sets goals in …

Labor Law Reform Is Needed for Unions to Succeed

“For the last year, the news has been filled with stories of worker activism. Headlines announce unprecedented union victories at Amazon.com Inc., Starbucks Corp., Apple Inc., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. …

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Stop Spying Bosses Act (Proposed)

The Stop Spying Bosses Act would outlaw workplace surveillance for monitoring worker organizing or using AI to make behavioral predictions. The bill would also require employers who surveil employees to …

Amazon Broke Labor Law in Anti-Union Push, NLRB Judge Rules

Amazon.com Inc. violated federal labor law as part of its efforts to resist unionization at two facilities in New York City, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled in a …

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‘A Legacy of Slavery’: For Domestic Workers, California’s New Safety Guidelines Are Long Overdue, Say Advocates

In 2017, about a week after the massive Tubbs wildfire destroyed parts of Santa Rosa, house cleaner Socorro Diaz got a call from one of her clients. They asked her …

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