Describes personal accounts of what happens when guestworkers try to stand up to their employers to confront labor abuse. https://www.thenation.com/article/what-if-your-ability-stay-country-depended-your-employer/
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al
R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes argued that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protected their ability to fire a transgender worker. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, finding that …
Danell Tomasella, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. THE HERSHEY COMPANY
The class action claim alleges that Hershey knowingly benefitted from child labor in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and failed to disclose such information to consumers …
Altitude Express v. Zarda
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Title VII does cover discrimination because of sexual orientation. The case concerns a recreational parachuting company that fired one of its trainers, David Zarda, …
Lawson v. GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC.
A Grubhub restaurant delivery driver in California was an independent contractor rather than an employee with rights to minimum wage and overtime under the state wage law and Private Attorneys …
US Court Rules Against Alleged Victims in Seafood Slavery Case
WASHINGTON DC — A US court has ruled in favor of US and Thai seafood companies in a complaint by Cambodian laborers. The decision is a setback for the victims and …
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