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Time Is the Universal Measure of Freedom

Labor activists once understood time to be a checking mechanism on market activity. In our own era of uncontrolled working hours, this is a vision of freedom worth recapturing. “The …

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Brazilian beef farms ‘used workers kept in conditions similar to slavery’

Brazilian companies and slaughterhouses including the world’s largest meat producer, JBS, sourced cattle from supplier farms that made use of workers kept in slavery-like conditions, according to a new report. …

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Updating a study of the union effect on safety in the ICI construction sector

“In 2015, the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) published a study on the effect of unionization on the incidence of workers’ compensation claims in companies from the institutional, commercial …

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‘No One Should Get Fired on a Whim’: Fast Food Workers Win More Job Security

The New York City Council passed a bill that would shield workers from being fired without a valid reason. Fast food restaurants say the new rules will make it harder …

A Legal Challenge Against Racist Labor Exclusions Finds Life in Washington

“On November 5th the Washington Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 decision, that dairy workers are eligible for overtime pay. The Martinez-Cuevas decision could apply to all agricultural workers in Washington state. Materially this will …

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Google Delays Return to Office and Eyes ‘Flexible Work Week’

With the pandemic still in full swing and the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine just starting to ship in the United States, Google has pushed back the planned return to the …

Avanza en 14 estados el nuevo sistema de justicia laboral

Los 14 estados en los que arrancará el nuevo sistema de justicia laboral el próximo año dieron inicio a la segunda etapa de implementación de la reforma en la materia, …

Secretaría de Trabajo ajustará reglas para legitimación de contratos colectivos

La Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) realizará algunos ajustes al Protocolo para la Legitimación de Contratos Colectivos de Trabajo, toda vez que detectó que “la autorregulación no ha sido eficaz”, …

Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos estudiará caso sobre violaciones al derecho de Huelga en Guatemala | Inter-American Court of Human Rights to Study Case on Violations of the Right to Strike in Guatemala

El 27 de febrero de 2020 pasó al conocimiento de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, el caso EXTRABAJADORES DEL ORGANISMO JUDICIAL VS. GUATEMALA, cuyo Informe de Fondo fue emitido …

Mexico’s AMLO Delays Ban on Outsourcing Amid Uproar by Business

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delayed a bill that would ban most outsourcing in Mexico after business chambers warned it would be disastrous for the economy. Lopez Obrador signed an …

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