Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking to cripple the country’s top labor watchdog, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), …
Labor Board’s Joint Employer Rule Struck Down in Texas Court
A federal judge in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s rule broadening the legal test for determining when multiple companies jointly employ workers and thus share liability and …
US court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over child labor in Africa
A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the …
Starbucks agrees to US union organizing ‘framework’
Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab and a union seeking to organize the coffee chain’s U.S. workforce said on Tuesday they have agreed to create a “framework” to guide organizing and collective bargaining …
US: Chiu secures $2.1 million deal requiring gig economy company to reclassify workers as employees
First-of-its-kind agreement combats the trend of employee misclassification in the hospitality industry and provides significant restitution for workers SAN FRANCISCO (February 22, 2024) — San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu …
Home Depot Worker Illegally Fired for BLM Sign, NLRB Rules
The Home Depot Inc. must reinstate a worker who was effectively fired for refusing to take the “Black Lives Matter” insignia off their work apron after the National Labor Relations …
Amazon faces expanded sex bias lawsuit claiming it punished workers who sued
Three female marketing managers who filed a proposed class action accusing Amazon of widespread sex discrimination claimed on Friday that the tech giant has retaliated against them, including by firing one …
Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
Grocery chain tries new argument to fight union-busting charge Decision on constitutionality is unlikely before an appeal Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is …
‘Dark forces’: how US corporations turned to courts in fight against unions
A multi-pronged legal attack under way by Elon Musk, large corporations, business groups and anti-union litigators threatens to “raise havoc” with US labor law and hobble a resurgent labor movement, according …
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