Individual Struggles, Widespread Injustice

A new report from The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) captures the systemic employment discrimination against trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people in New York City. Individual Struggles, Widespread Injustice contains …

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Modern Slavery Act aims to block unethical products from Canada

As Canadians pull out their wallets this holiday season, they have no way of knowing whether the gifts they are buying for friends and family were made by modern-day slaves. …

Public unions ask Iowa justices to toss collective bargaining law

Attorneys for Iowa’s two largest public employee unions asked the state’s highest court Wednesday to strike down changes in collective bargaining laws they say unconstitutionally treat some union members differently …

New York City’s transgender community faces significant employment discrimination, new report finds

The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) released a new report Tuesday detailing systemic discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people across the city. Compared to the general New York City …

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Argentina: two ex-Ford executives convicted in torture case

Two former executives of a local Ford Motor Co plant have been convicted for human rights crimes over the abduction and torture of company workers during Argentina’s 1976-83 dictatorship in a historic …

Corte determina que trabajadoras del hogar deberán ser inscritas al IMSS

La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) determinó que las trabajadoras del hogar deberán estar inscritas al Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) tras declarar inconstitucional que no tengan seguridad …

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US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Labor Chaper

The text of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Labor Chapter and Annex   https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/agreements/FTA/USMCA/Text/23_Labor.pdf

New rules guarantee minimum wage for NYC Uber, Lyft drivers

Drivers working for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft are entitled to a minimum wage following a historic vote Tuesday by the New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission. …

LGBT provisions watered down in Trump’s USMCA deal

President Trump agreed on Friday to an updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that includes aspirational language encouraging member states to adopt policies against LGBT discrimination in the workforce …

Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism

African-American workers have reported threats, humiliation and barriers to promotion at the plant. The automaker says there is no pattern of bias. Owen Diaz had seen swastikas in the bathrooms at …

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