WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today issued the following statement after a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) panel established under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) found against the United …
Discussion with ILO on labour act amendment going on 41 points
Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said a discussion with International Labour Organization (ILO) is going on regarding the amendment of Bangladesh’s labour act, on 41 points. …
United Steelworkers ‘disappointed’ by USMCA panel ruling in Grupo México dispute
The United Steelworkers union (USW) is “disappointed” by the ruling announced at the end of April by the labor panel of the rapid response mechanism (RRM) of the USMCA trade …
ATUMA & former employees v. Unilever (OECD Guidelines)
Allegations On 12 April 2018, a group of former workers of Unilever-Marsavco in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) filed a complaint with the Dutch NCP and UK NCP. On 26 April …
UAW files charges against Mercedes-Benz while employees look to unionize
The United Auto Workers union filed charges in Germany against Mercedes-Benz. This comes after employees at the plant in Vance are working to unionize to protect their rights. “In the …
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’
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), …
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 …
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 …
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Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 2
The first part of this blog outlined the facts and decision in the Supreme Court case, Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer, as well as the approach the Court took in …