Five female professors at Vassar College are suing the elite institution in Upstate New York — one of the country’s first colleges to educate women — alleging it engaged in decades …
US asks Mexico to review cargo airline pilots’ rights
The United States is asking Mexico to review whether the labor rights of pilots at a small cargo airline are being infringed, the eight such request Washington has made this …
CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC (NLRB)
Today, the Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new framework for determining when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election. The new framework will …
NLRB paves way for workers to unionize without formal elections
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Friday resurrected key elements of a policy it eliminated more than 50 years ago requiring businesses that commit labor law violations to bargain …
Quickway’s Post-Unionizing Terminal Closure Unlawful, NLRB Rules
Quickway Transportation Inc. must reopen a terminal in Louisville, Ky., that the company illegally shut down in 2020 after drivers there formed a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled. …
Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement
A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a …
Mexico says trade deal does not apply in Grupo Mexico mine labor dispute
MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 (Reuters) – A labor dispute at Grupo Mexico’s San Martin mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, where the U.S. raised concerns over alleged worker rights abuses, does …
Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here’s how the US could reduce their risk
Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it …
A Leaked Memo Shows TikTok Knows It Has a Labor Problem
LAST MONTH, A court in Kenya issued a landmark ruling against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram. The US tech giant was, the court ruled, the “true employer” of the hundreds of people …
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Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead
Last Friday, the National Labor Relations Board released its most important ruling in many decades. In a party-line decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, the Board ruled that when a majority of …