Last week, a federal district court in the District of Nevada ruled in favor of a proposed class of migrant sheepherders who allege that an association of sheep ranches has colluded to …
US (9th Cir. Ct): LYDIA OLSON; MIGUEL PEREZ; POSTMATES, INC., v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
The 9th Circuit appellate court reversed the district court’s dismissal of Uber’s lawsuit alleging AB 5 violates the Equal Protection Clause stating that it could plausibly be understood to do …
US to pay $6.5 million in lost wages owed to Mexican migrant workers
Some 13,000 Mexican migrant workers are owed $6.5 million in unpaid wages, according to a tweet from the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which announced …
HECTOR CASTELLANOS v. State of California et al
Here is the full decision from the appellate court finding that Uber and Lyft drivers are independent contractors and Prop 22 in California is largely constitutional. https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A163655.PDF
US (California) court rules Uber and Lyft workers are contractors
A US court has ruled that “gig” economy giants including Uber and Lyft can continue treating their workers as independent contractors in the state of California. The California appeals court …
US: ‘They’re more concerned about profit’: Osha, DoJ take on Amazon’s grueling working conditions
The US’s top workplace safety regulator and the justice department are pressuring Amazon to explain safety practices that have led to injury rates for warehouse workers that are on average close to …
Starbucks committed ‘egregious’ violations in battling union, judge rules
Starbucks committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal labor law while trying to halt union campaigns, a federal administrative law judge ruled Tuesday, and ordered the coffee giant to give …
Teleworkers’ short breaks are compensable FLSA time, DOL says
Short breaks of fewer than 20 minutes taken by hourly, non-exempt employees who telework or must be counted as compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act — as is the case …
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Workplace Data Is a Tool of Class Warfare
In September 2020 a Vice reporter discovered that Amazon was seeking to hire two “intelligence analysts” into its Global Security Operations division (GSO). The analysts would use data analytics and other tools to detect …