Wagner North 2.0: How Canada’s Wagner model of labour relations can be strengthened to ensure greater union density amongst vulnerable workers examines the current state of the very foundation of Canada’s …
Argentina rinde cuentas ante la ONU por su política migratoria
El Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), la Comisión Argentina para Refugiados y Migrantes (Caref), la Red de Migrantes y Refugiadxs y otras doce organizaciones e instituciones presentaron ante …
Uruguay to Modify Collective Bargaining Law
The Uruguayan government today proposed six amendments to the Collective Bargaining Law, in response to comments from the International Labor Organization (ILO) at its June assembly. The ILO Committee on …
Gobierno propuso seis cambios a la ley de negociación colectiva
El Ministerio de Trabajo propuso seis modificaciones a la ley de Negociación Colectiva en respuesta al planteo que hizo la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) en junio. El ministro Ernesto …
What’s your solution to fighting sexism and racism? Mine is: unions
No one concerned about equality can deny that we live in a racist and sexist society. Unfortunately, substantive ideas of what we are to do about it are in short …
An Uber Driver’s Death Shows the Harms of Misclassifying Workers
n 2015, Waheed Etimad immigrated with his wife and their seven children to the United States from Afghanistan on the special immigrant visa he received after translating for the U.S. …
Misclassifying Workers Doesn’t Violate Labor Law, NLRB Says
Employers don’t violate federal labor law by misclassifying their workers as independent contractors instead of employees, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Aug. 29. The 3-1 ruling in a …
Mas de 400 amparos de trabajadores contra Ley Federal del Trabajo
El abogado de la CTM dio a conocer que tienen más de 400 amparos combatiendo los puntos sin sustento o contradictorios de la Ley Federal del Trabajo reformada. Lejos de …
Uber And Lyft Take A Lot More From Drivers Than They Say
In July, an Uber driver we’ll call Dave—his name has been changed here to protect his identity—picked up a fare in a trendy neighborhood of a major U.S. metropolitan area. …
New York State Expands Protections for Domestic Violence Victims
“On August 20, 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed A5618/S1040 (the “Amendment”) into law, amending the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”) with respect to protections for victims of domestic violence. The Amendment becomes …
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