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Implementación Progresiva del teletrabajo

En un primer momento el boletín analiza si el teletrabajo realmente ha venido para instalarse y los intereses contrapuestos detrás de este discurso. A continuación, se examinan las legislaciones nacionales en la materia y …

In Mexico autos town, labor rights falter despite U.S. trade deal

After successfully staging a wildcat strike for higher wages in 2019, many workers at the Tridonex auto-parts plant in the Mexican city of Matamoros, across the border from Texas, set …

Exclusive: U.S. Labor Secretary throws his support behind classifying gig workers as employees

A lot of gig workers in the United States should be classified as “employees” who deserve work benefits, President Biden’s labor secretary said on Thursday, suggesting a shift in policy …

Mexico restricts labor subcontracting with new law

A Mexican bill that aims to bring more workers into the formal economy by sharply limiting companies’ ability to subcontract labor cleared a final legislative hurdle on Tuesday, with a …

Death by inequality: How workers’ lack of power harms their health and safety

This paper focuses on the legal constraints on employers created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) and use some common examples to explore how, despite …

¿Libertad sindical? Sindicato de General Motors abre ventana de 15 horas para que 10 mil trabajadores voten nuevo contrato

El sindicato Miguel Trujillo López de la planta General Motors en Silao convoca a consulta los próximos 20 y 21 de abril, en las instalaciones de la empresa y con …

Reforma laboral, frenada por Luisa María Alcalde, denuncian telefonistas

Representantes de trabajadores telefonistas y universitarios disidentes denunciaron la “pasividad” de la secretaria del Trabajo, Luisa María Alcalde, para llevar a la práctica la reforma laboral de 2019, así como …

La clave del éxito de la reforma al outsourcing estará en el reglamento de la STPS: expertos

Erradicar las malas prácticas y las innumerables figuras que surgieron con el outsourcing estará en manos de la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) quien tendrá que elaborar un reglamento sobre cuáles son …

Google Promises Not to Muzzle Staff on Pay, Settling Labor Case

Google promised not to silence workers who talk about their pay, part of a settlement resolving one of the first legal complaints filed by a new union representing hundreds of …

US bars rubber gloves from Malaysian firm due to ‘evidence of forced labour’

Top Glove, the world’s largest manufacturer of rubber gloves, has been banned from exporting its products from Malaysia to the United States after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made a …