Both houses of Congress have now approved legislation that seeks to guarantee that Mexico’s more than 2 million domestic workers have access to social security benefits. In March, senators voted unanimously …
¿Bloqueos o derecho a huelga? Una inédita alianza de abogados laboralistas se presenta en la Justicia por un caso testigo
En una alianza inédita, abogados laboralistas de diferentes vertientes y con terminales en las tres centrales obreras del país, se presentarán el miércoles en el Juzgado Nacional del Trabajo N°69 para pedir …
Call center workers can seek overtime for booting up computers
(Reuters) – Call center employees who communicated with customers exclusively via computer can seek overtime wages for the time they spent booting up the company’s machines at the start of …
Behind TikTok’s boom: A legion of traumatised, $10-a-day content moderators
Content warning: The story contains description of extreme and disturbing violence, suicide, child abuse and cruelty to animals. Luis, a 28-year-old student from Colombia, works through the night moderating videos …
UK authorities face court action on Xinjiang
British authorities are being taken to court this month after campaigners took legal action over their failure to block imports of cotton made with forced labour in the Xinjiang region …
Starbucks Is Sued by Pro-Union Staff for Defamation, Abusing Legal Process
Starbucks Corp. employees are suing the company for defamation over its response to a union protest. In a lawsuit filed Monday in South Carolina state court, eight Starbucks workers accused …
US Labor Department moves to make it harder to misclassify gig workers
A proposed rule could affect Uber, Lyft and other companies that rely on independent contractors. The Labor Department has proposed a rule that could make it harder to classify gig …
Biden Rule Would Add More Gig Workers to Company Payrolls
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that could put more gig workers on company payrolls, scrapping a Trump administration rule from 2021 that made it easier for firms to classify …
Mecanismo de Respuesta Rápida del T-MEC es una novedad en materia de comercio y derecho laboral
Esta es la segunda conferencia mundial de la Red Internacional de Abogados que Ayudan a los Trabajadores (ILAW), donde los miembros establecen una agenda ambiciosa para la defensa, el litigio …
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The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence
“Supporting transnational worker organizing should be at the center of the fight for “ethical AI.” The public’s understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) is largely shaped by pop culture — by blockbuster …