Persistent exploitation of farmworkers is a defining problem of our time. An estimated 32% of the global population is employed in agriculture. At the base of global food systems, agricultural …
CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC (NLRB)
Today, the Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new framework for determining when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election. The new framework will …
Law & Informality Insights No 8
This edition of Law & Informality Insights describes WIEGO’s strategies to articulate the working conditions of waste pickers as human rights violations and to draw to this the attention of the Inter-American Commission …
The future of remote work
Debates on the future of work have taken a more fundamental turn in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Early in 2020, when large sections of the workforce were prevented …
India: Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023
This Bill is being introduced in the Rajasthan Assembly. The legislation doubles the minimum pension to Rs 1000 per month(approx 125 USD) for all elderly widowed and disabled, with an …
India: Rajasthan Gig Workers Bill
The Government of Rajasthan has tabled “THE RAJASTHAN PLATFORM BASED GIG WORKERS (REGISTRATION AND WELFARE) BILL, 2023” which recognizes platform workers under “workers category” and provide access to basic social …
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 …
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Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead
Last Friday, the National Labor Relations Board released its most important ruling in many decades. In a party-line decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, the Board ruled that when a majority of …