BRIEFING PAPER: LABOUR RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN THE USMCA

“The USMCA includes two mechanisms to enforce the labour rights obligations of the agreement. The first, set out in Chapter 23,1 seeks to improve the effectiveness of the existing state-to-state …

Pressure builds on Uber and Lyft under California’s gig worker law

If there were any doubt that California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra and his fellow regulators were getting fed up with the continued flouting by Uber and Lyft of the state’s …

How the American Worker Got Fleeced

“Amazon.com Inc. fired Emily Cunningham a little before the end of Good Friday, though the human resources rep put it a little differently. “You have ended your relationship with Amazon,” …

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MORE TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE ATS? SCOTUS GRANTS CERT IN NESTLE CASE

“Both the alleged facts in John Doe I et al v. Nestlé (forced child labor in the supply chains of giant chocolate brands) and the contours of the law under …

US Department of State, Treasury,Commerce and Homeland Security: Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory

The U.S. Department of State, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a business advisory to …

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LOCAL JOINT EXECUTIVE BOARD OF LAS VEGAS v. HARRAH’S LAS VEGAS LLC; THE SIGNATURE CONDOMINIUMS LLC; BELLAGIO LLC,

Here is the COMPLAINT, filed by the culinary workers union in Las Vegas, Nevada against three restaurants at major Las Vegas casinos for the failure of the employer to protect …

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Fight over COVID-19 workplace rules moves to states

The battle over workplace safety rules during the coronavirus is spreading to states. Virginia this week took a major step toward creating its own set of safety rules for workplaces …

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Clean Slate for Worker Power: Worker Power and Voice in the Pandemic Response

“Our country is racked by two urgent crises – the COVID-19 pandemic and the plague of systemic racism, the latter of which has manifested in the continued killing of Black …

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Why Is OSHA AWOL?

“As states and municipalities relax shelter-in-place orders, the nation seems to be racing to get the economy back to something resembling the pre-pandemic era. Restaurants, malls, cinemas, day care centers …

Uber, Lyft algorithms charged users more for trips to non-white neighborhoods

“A recent study suggests that the algorithm used by popular ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft may actually discriminate against customers seeking transportation in predominantly non-white neighborhoods. Aylin Caliskan and Akshat Pandey at George …

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