ILAW Network

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement

A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a …

Supply Chains, Trade Agreements, Trade Union Rights

Mexico says trade deal does not apply in Grupo Mexico mine labor dispute

MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 (Reuters) – A labor dispute at Grupo Mexico’s San Martin mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, where the U.S. raised concerns over alleged worker rights abuses, does …

Gender-Based Violence and Harassment, Informal Economy, Migrant Workers

Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here’s how the US could reduce their risk

Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it …

Supply Chains, Technology and Labor, Trade Union Rights

A Leaked Memo Shows TikTok Knows It Has a Labor Problem

LAST MONTH, A court in Kenya issued a landmark ruling against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram. The US tech giant was, the court ruled, the “true employer” of the hundreds of people …

Technology and Labor

No Robot Bosses Act (Proposed)

The No Robot Bosses Act would prohibit employers from relying exclusively on automated decision-making systems in making employment decisions such as hiring or firing workers. The bill would require testing and …

Supply Chains

Ninth Circuit Allows Human Rights Claims Against Cisco to Proceed

There may yet be life in the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The Ninth Circuit recently held, in Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc., that Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong could go forward with …

William Dodge

Trade Union Rights

Western Hemisphere

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement

Mexico says trade deal does not apply in Grupo Mexico mine labor dispute

Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here’s how the US could reduce their risk

A Leaked Memo Shows TikTok Knows It Has a Labor Problem

No Robot Bosses Act (Proposed)

Ninth Circuit Allows Human Rights Claims Against Cisco to Proceed

DoorDash Banned Discussing Work Issues and Fired Worker For Organizing, Labor Board Alleges

Court rules against Uber in major win for California workers

NLRB Files Complaint Against Amazon for Refusing to Bargain with Union

Canada Investigates Two Companies Over Alleged Forced Labor in China