Amazon Can Contest NYC Union in Court After NLRB Decision

Amazon.com Inc. illegally refused to bargain with the union representing thousands of workers at a New York City facility, the National Labor Relations Board said in a decision that clears …

Grubhub ‘Outsourced’ Delivery Work To Skirt City Minimum Wage, Docs Show

Grubhub subcontracted many deliveries to another company in order to circumvent New York City’s minimum wage laws, according to internal company documents obtained by Streetsblog and interviews with former employees …

Trump Joint Employer Rule Sees Friendlier Environment on Return

The Labor Department is moving to return regulations around joint employment liability to standards set under the first Trump administration, and attorneys say the current legal landscape will make it …

Without Robust Guardrails, AI Harms Workers

“An overview of how unregulated AI deployment harms workers This issue brief exposes the reality behind the AI hype, documenting how employers are rapidly deploying error-prone and biased systems to …

Child labor violations rise in US – as Republicans still roll back protections

The number of child labor violations has risen fivefold in the last 10 years, but Republicans across the US are continuing to propose and pass legislation that rolls back protections …

EEOC sues Coca-Cola bottler over women-only networking event

The EEOC has filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast claiming that a 2024 two-day company trip which excluded its male workforce amounts to sex discrimination.  The Coca-Cola bottler invited …

Trump Strips Federal Worker Union Rights as Legal Fights Drag On

Federal agencies are redoubling efforts to dismantle their workers’ collective bargaining rights with the Trump administration mostly shielded while courts weigh unions’ array of legal challenges to the president’s authority. …

US launches investigations into forced labour in economic partners

The Trump administration has launched investigations against dozens of countries concerning allegations of failures to crack down on forced labour. The investigations, launched last week, are taking place under section …

Major AFGE Win as Arbitrator Orders SSA to Reinstate Telework

A third-party arbitrator has ordered the Social Security Administration to restore telework for the 38,000 bargaining unit employees represented by AFGE, finding that the agency violated our negotiated collective bargaining …

Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Signed into Law

Washington state domestic workers will now have statewide labor protections under the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, signed into law Monday by Gov. Bob Ferguson. House Bill 2355, sponsored by Rep. Brianna …