Ahead of the court appearance of Sticks Nkambule, Secretary General of Swaziland Transport Communication and Allied Workers Union, on trumped-up charges of contempt of court stemming from his involvement in …
US requests probe of alleged labor abuses at Grupo Mexico mine
U.S. labor officials on Friday asked Mexico to investigate alleged worker rights abuses at a Grupo Mexico (GMEXICOB.MX) mine in the central state of Zacatecas, the 11th U.S. labor complaint in Mexico …
US DOL, USTR REQUEST MEXICO REVIEW ALLEGED DENIAL OF LABOR RIGHTS AT SAN MARTÍN MINE IN ZACATECAS
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico review an allegation that the rights of workers are being denied at the San Martín …
Labor Board Retools Crucial Independent Contractor Test
The National Labor Relations Board revamped its legal test for determining whether workers are employees covered by federal labor law or independent contractors who fall outside the law’s protections, bringing …
Facebook owner Meta blocked from firing content moderators
Facebook owner Meta has been blocked from firing more than 180 content moderators until a case challenging their dismissal is determined. On Friday, Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Byram …
ILO: Migrant workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining
“Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining (FACB) are fundamental rights of universal scope that should apply to all workers – including migrant workers – without distinction. In …
Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Here is the full decision of the US Supreme Court where it found that the union must take ‘reasonable precautions’ to protect an employer’s perishable product, which will likely open …
US Supreme Court hands defeat to organized labor in truckers strike case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt another setback to organized labor by making it easier for employers to sue over strikes that cause property destruction in a ruling siding …
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AI Is a Lot of Work
“As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere. A few months after graduating from college in Nairobi, a 30-year-old I’ll call Joe got …