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Special Issue – COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation

“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of low-wage, migrant, and informal workers. With contributions from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Europe, Nigeria, …

THE LATEST US EXPORT TO BRAZIL? LEGALIZED LABOR EXPLOITATION

“On September 14, 2023, a Brazilian labor judge found that Uber drivers in Brazil are employees and ordered the company to pay two hundred million dollars in punitive damages for their long-term …

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Building Worker Power in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Apparel, Cocoa, and Seafood

“This working paper is about the campaigners and worker organizers in the global South and North who have challenged the persistent lack of government and corporate accountability for workers’ rights …

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Initial Assessment Report for a complaint filed by a coalition of 28 organizations about the activities of Levis Strauss & Co. (Canada) Inc.

The complaint alleges that Levi Strauss has commercial relationships with a Chinese company that is identified as using Uyghur forced labour — Jiangsu Guotai Guosheng. In order to address the …

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ASSOCIATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF HOUSEHOLD AND FARM WORKERS v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

This strategic litigation case is a highly significant one, both historically and globally. Canada and the world’s development are increasingly associated with international labour (im)migration schemes. With the abolition of …

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Ethical digitalisation at work: From theory to practice

“Automation and digitisation technologies, including artificial intelligence, are rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly powerful and pervasive. The full range of their effects in the workplace is yet to be seen. …

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US: New Board Decisions Seek to Facilitate Collective Bargaining

“The National Labor Relations Board issued two complementary decisions on August 26, 2023, with a view to facilitating the collective bargaining process, the capstone of what amounted to an energetic and exciting week at the …

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Report on European Labor and Social Security Law

“HSI Report 1/2023 reports on the development of case law and legislation in the area of labour and social security law at European and international level in the period from …

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Chipping Away at the Right to Strike

On June 1, the Supreme Court issued a significant decision against the labor movement in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local Union No. 174. In an 8–1 split, the Court found that …

Miller Plastic Products, Inc. and Ronald Vincer. Case 06–CA–266234 (NLRB)

In March 2020, during the early stages of the COVID- 19 pandemic, the Respondent terminated employee Ronald Vincer for raising concerns about its COVID pro- tocols and decision to remain …

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