Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Here is the full decision of the US Supreme Court where it found that the union must take ‘reasonable precautions’ to protect an employer’s perishable product, which will likely open …

Iowa governor signs one of the most dangerous rollbacks of child labor laws in the country

Last Friday, this concerted attack on child labor safeguards further expanded. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed an expansive bill enacting numerous changes to the state’s child labor laws, including: allowing employers to …

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Poverty: African vagrancy laws continue to discriminate, despite court victories

“At least 22 African countries – former colonies of the Belgians, British, Dutch, French and Portuguese – retain domestic laws that make ‘vagrancy’ illegal and equip the police with excessive …

A just transition guaranteed by international law is within reach – here’s how

“In 2021, we argued that the core elements of any conceptualisation of a just transition is already well-rooted in international human rights law. We contended that a just transition should not be considered merely …

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The Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox: Introduction to Co-Enforcement

“CO-ENFORCEMENT: PARTNERING FOR BETTER OUTCOMES Research has demonstrated that low-wage workers in many high violation sectors do not file complaints anywhere near proportionate to their actual experiences of wage theft. …

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Rights-Based Sanctions Procedures

“Federal agencies are increasingly interpreting international labor rights and imposing a wide array of economic and financial penalties, or “rights-based sanctions,” under various laws and regulations. Congress recently vested the …

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Digitalisation in the Construction and Woodwork Sectors

“The study investigates the impact of digital technologies on workers in the construction and woodworking sectors and how trade unions are responding to these changes. To answer these questions, an …

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Empowerment or Exploitation: Global Perspectives on Women’s Work in the Platform Economy

This signature volume of essays, part of a regular series curated and edited by the JustJobs Network, seeks to provide varying perspectives on the opportunities and challenges that technology, particularly …

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ALGORITHMIC MANAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION — A GUIDE FOR WORKERS AND UNIONS

“In a growing number of economic sectors, employers are using algorithmic management systems (AMS) to ratchet up productivity at the expense of workers’ health, privacy and wages. These systems often …

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Protecting workers’ rights in digitised workplaces – knowing what we need to know

“Across all sectors of the global economy automated and algorithmic management systems (AMS) of various kinds are being deployed by employers to, supposedly, increase productivity and efficiency. Whilst this quest …

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