Three migrant teenagers filed a lawsuit in federal court last week claiming their employer, a seafood processing plant in Fall River, violated multiple labor laws, including prohibitions on forced labor, …
Massachusetts Ballot Measure Criticized for Creating Gig Worker ‘Company Unions’
Typically, industry would fight tooth and nail against a new state law making it easier for their workers to collectively bargain. You might expect to see the kind of campaign …
Amazon Staten Island Center Is Retailer’s First to Unionize
Amazon Inc. lost its bid to challenge a representation election at a New York warehouse, cementing it as the company’s first unionized facility. The National Labor Relations Board dismissed Amazon’s objection to …
Pide Estados Unidos iniciar mecanismo laboral bajo el T-MEC contra planta de Pirelli en Guanajuato
La Representación Comercial de Estados Unidos (USTR por sus siglas en inglés) pidió al gobierno de México iniciar el octavo mecanismo laboral del año bajo el T-MEC, esta vez contra la empresa Pirelli Neumáticos, por supuestamente …
Amazon Is Boss of Subcontracted Drivers, Labor Board Prosecutors Say
Amazon.com Inc. was legally the boss of a group of subcontracted delivery drivers, US labor board prosecutors have concluded, rejecting the company’s claims that workers in its sprawling delivery network …
US judge throws out FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements
A US judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-compete agreements, saying the regulator lacked the authority to stop agreements that bar employees from getting new jobs at …
Judge Says Artists Can Sue AI Companies for Using Their Work
While claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract were thrown out in the landmark lawsuit, the copyright infringement complaints were deemed plausible. A group of 10 visual artists can …
Uber, Lyft and the gig economy think they’ve found a way to win the national labor war
In late July, California’s top state court upheld Proposition 22, a voter-approved measure allowing app-based services such as Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and DoorDash to classify drivers in the most populous U.S. state as …
Uber, Lyft Are Winning the Gig Worker War in States
Gig-economy giants Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., and DoorDash Inc. appear to be winning the long-running battle over the classification status of their drivers, notching multiple state-level deals and court rulings to maintain their …
Illinois bans companies from forcing workers to listen to their anti-union talk
Illinois has become the latest state to adopt legislation aimed at protecting workers from their employers’ anti-union messaging. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, signed the bill into law on …
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