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Reading the Stevia Leaves: Early Clues to Federal Enforcement of the Ban on Imports Made with Forced Labour

Labor rights advocates cheered when Congress acted in 2015 to remove an exception to the longstanding ban on imports into the U.S. of products made with forced labor (Section 307 …

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Why Are Workers Struggling? Because Labor Law Is Broken

In March 2014, Sean Caldwell went to the first Philadelphia rally for the Fight for $15, the national campaign to raise the minimum wage and to help fast-food workers — who …

Who’s Responsible Here? Establishing Legal Responsibility in the Fissured Workplace

“The nature of work is changing, with workers enduring increasingly precarious working conditions without any safety net. In response, this Article proposes a new “Concentric Circle framework” which would improve …

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San Diego Closer to Win on Making Instacart Reclassify Workers

Instacart will likely have to reclassify its full-time Shoppers as employees rather than independent contractors, after a state court judge issued a tentative ruling Friday morning granting San Diego’s request …

Judge orders thousands of DoorDash cases to arbitration, costing delivery company millions

A federal judge ordered San Francisco food-delivery company DoorDash to arbitrate over 5,000 actions brought by its delivery drivers in a move that could cost the company millions of dollars. …

Lydia Olson, et al. v. State of California, et al.

On January 8, 2020, Plaintiffs Lydia Olson, Miguel Perez, Postmates Inc. (“Postmates”), and Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction requesting that the Court enjoin the enforcement …

Uber Urges California Court to End Law That Gives Gig Workers Benefits

Uber Technologies Inc. wants to smother what the company calls California’s “Frankenstein” gig-worker protection law before state officials turn it loose.  Uber and Postmates Inc. are scheduled Friday to ask a federal …

Ringing the Alarm at the NLRB

Since the National Labor Relations Board’s takeover by Trump appointees, the NLRB, led by Chairman John Ring, has departed from its mission and historical practice, has issued decisions that fail …

BILL: H.R.2474 – Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. Specifically, it revises the definition of “employee” and “supervisor” to prevent employers …

House Democrats Poised To Pass Major Labor Reforms Boosting Unions

The House is set to vote Thursday on a sweeping plan to overhaul U.S. workplace law in a way that could grow union membership and rejuvenate an ailing labor movement. …

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