Drain company owner convicted of manslaughter in South End trench collapse

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today convicted the owner of a drain pipe company of manslaughter in connection with the drowning of two workers in a South End trench collapse …

The Uber/Lyft Ballot Initiative Guarantees only $5.64 an Hour

Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have unveiled their ballot initiative to undo historic worker protections enshrined in AB5, California’s new law that tightens the criteria for worker classification. The initiative claims …

Presume STPS efectividad en 61% de juicios contra la Reforma Laboral

La Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) aseguró que ha ganado seis de cada 10 amparos interpuestos en contra de la reforma laboral. De acuerdo con datos proporcionados por …

Aprueba el Pleno cameral Ley Orgánica del Centro Federal de Conciliación y Registro Laboral

El Pleno de la Cámara de Diputados aprobó por 410 votos a favor, 1 en contra y 17 abstenciones el dictamen por el que se expide la Ley Orgánica del …

En México, 90% de empresas hacen contrataciones irregulares: FMI

Un 90 por ciento de empresas en México aprovechan la flexibilidad de los esquemas laborales para caer en alguna práctica de informalidad; hay amplio margen, señala el Fondo Monetario Internacional …

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Europeans have double standards on transatlantic trade

Europe loves to bash America for its lack of a social safety-net and Darwinian labour market, which comes with relatively few worker protections and plenty of doublespeak. But European companies …

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The Double Standard at Work: EUROPEAN CORPORATE INVESTMENT AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH

Multinational corporations based in Europe have accelerated their foreign direct investment in the Southern states of the United States in the past quarter-century. Some companies honor workers’ freedom of association, …

Unprecedented: The Trump NLRB’s attack on workers’ rights

Under the Trump administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has systematically rolled back workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers, to the detriment …

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California’s workplace sexual harassment laws strengthened

Gov. Gavin Newsom took action Thursday to strengthen California’s workplace protection laws related to sexual harassment, signing bills that were vetoed by his predecessor last year. The new laws will …

Protecting migrant construction workers: What can we learn from China, EU, US and Latin America?

This is the third in a series of papers addressing the issue of late, partial or non-payment of wages to migrant construction workers. Our work has a specific focus on …

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