UBER’S DANGEROUS EXPANSION INTO TEMPORARY LABOR

Uber is at it again. The company is expanding its “on demand” model of precarious work to the temporary staffing business—an industry already notorious for exploitative labor practices. Through its …

Injured Amazon Warehouse Workers Are Protesting Dangerous Work Speed

Injured former Amazon warehouse workers and labor organizers in Chicago are protesting dangerous work speed and high injury rates today outside one of the company’s brick-and-mortar stores in downtown Chicago. …

Top hotels sued for ‘industry-wide failures’ to prevent U.S. sex trafficking

Landmark U.S. legal action was filed on Monday accusing several major hotel groups of profiting from sex trafficking on behalf of 13 women who claimed they were sold for sex …

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Labor unions win, drug companies lose in new trade deal

The big winners and losers from the Trump administration’s deal with Democrats on its NAFTA replacement, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, are not necessarily the traditional ones. Pharmaceutical companies, which usually see …

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New NAFTA’s Labor Terms Sway AFL-CIO, But Not All Unions on Board

The nation’s largest union umbrella organization is now supporting the new North American trade pact based on recent revisions to labor terms that not all unions are immediately ready to …

Labor Took on “Bad Bosses” Long Before #MeToo

“Will There Ever Be a #MeToo-Style Movement for Bad Bosses?” New York magazine asked readers in a tone-deaf fog of obliviousness last month. The piece itself was fairly benign, addressing the long-standing and profoundly …

Antitrust, the Gig Economy, and Labor Market Power

Worker bargaining power has diminished over the last forty years. Between 1948 and 1979, median wages closely tracked output per worker.1 Since then, productivity has continued to increase (until leveling …

Behind the Smiles: Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed

When Candice Dixon showed up for her first day of work at an Amazon warehouse in Eastvale, California, she stepped into a wonder of automation, efficiency and speed. Inside the …

The PRO Act and Workplace Fissuring

For too many people, work means low pay, unpredictable hours, and nonexistent opportunities for advancement. A major reason for this dire situation is what David Weil has termed “workplace fissuring.” Fissuring occurs …

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How protecting immigrant farmworkers benefits everyone in the food chain

Suppose all the people in US without proper documentation did all just leave one day. Millions, back to their countries of origin. What next? Well, those of us left behind …

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