Several of the nation’s leading app-based platforms today announced a national coalition dedicated to elevating the voices and needs of independent workers. In an effort to meet the needs of …
After US Sanctions, Malaysia Migrant Workers Get Millions in Restitution from Glove Makers
Malaysian rubber glove makers have started paying back thousands of migrant workers for recruitment fees totaling tens of millions of dollars since the U.S. stopped importing from some of them …
De población trabajadora a “ciudadanía laboral”, el gran desafío para México
Una vez aprobada la reforma en materia de trabajo en México, lo siguiente es avanzar en la construcción de una ciudadanía laboral. Y para lograrlo se necesita que “las personas …
Supreme Court agrees to hear California grower’s challenge to state farm labor law
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a property rights challenge to a 45-year-old California labor law that allows union organizers to go on farmland to speak with workers …
Mexico president moves against subcontracting, aiming to end labor abuses
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said he was submitting a bill to Congress that would sharply limit companies’ ability to subcontract labor in Mexico, a practice he called …
California passes Prop 22 in a major victory for Uber and Lyft
Uber and Lyft have won a major victory in their battle to continue classifying drivers as contractors, not employees, following the passage of a ballot measure that exempts them from …
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Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: Corporate Liability, Child Slavery, and the Chocolate Industry – A Preview of the Case
The world’s chocolate supply is undergirded by rampant practices of child labor under extremely hazardous conditions and, in some cases, slavery. According to the U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs, …