Amazon wants the upcoming unionization election at its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse to be held in-person, arguing against National Labor Relations Board guidance to hold mail-in balloting in the middle of …
Postmates Must Arbitrate Wage Dispute With Nearly 5,000 Couriers
Postmates must individually arbitrate with about 4,800 couriers who allege they are misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees under California labor law, and the company must pay the couriers’ …
U.S. Bans All Cotton and Tomatoes From Xinjiang Region of China
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a ban on imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Xinjiang area of China, as well as all products made with those materials, citing …
Driver lawsuit says Uber and Lyft’s Proposition 22 is unconstitutional
A trio of ride-hail drivers filed a lawsuit in California’s Supreme Court on Tuesday alleging that Proposition 22 is unconstitutional. The proposition was voted into law by California residents in November and …
‘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 …
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 …
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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 …