Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum

Background: Nigerian nationals residing in United States sued Dutch, British, and Nigerian corporations pursuant to Alien Tort Statute (ATS), alleging that corporations aided and abetted Nigerian government in committing violations …

Taken for a Ride Migrant Workers in the U.S. Fair and Carnival Industry

Based on interviews with H-2B workers in Maryland, Virginia, and Mexico, this 2013 report discusses the abuses that fair and carnival workers face: deceptive recruitment practices and high pre-employment fees and costs; …

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The American Dream Up for Sale: A Blueprint for Ending International Labor Recruitment Abuse

A Blueprint for Ending International Labor Recruitment Abuse, the 2013 report details eight core principles that should be used to draft work visa programs that prevent recruitment fraud: Freedom from …

Monitoring International Labor Recruitment: A Cross-Visa Exploration of Regulatory Challenges

A 2012 comparative analysis of non-immigrant visas used to employ foreign workers in the United States. The report identifies and briefly describes visas of special interest in the recruitment of …

Cross-Border Trade Union Action in a Canadian Multinational Corporation

This article (in  27 Int’l J. Comp. Lab. L. & Indus. Rel. 271 (2011)) examines the import of international framework agreements (IFAs) and European framework agreements (EFAs) as instruments of …

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H.R. 2759: New Federal Bill Would Require Companies to Disclose Efforts to Address Human Rights Risks in their Supply Chains

This bill, H.R. 2759 (Business Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act), modeled after the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, would require companies to disclose efforts to identify and address …

Between Fragmentation and Globalization: U.S. Public Sector Unions and International Labor Cooperation

This article (in 35 Lab. Stud. J. 364 (2010)) explores the import of public-sector unions in cultivating transnational labor campaigns, as well as the challenges that development has entailed. Langevin …

Quebec decision advances the rights of migrant workers

The news reports that a case decision grants migrant workers the right to unionize, ruling that it is unconstitutional for Quebec’s labor code to bar migrant workers from forming a …

Picked Apart: the Hidden Struggles of Migrant Worker Women in the Maryland Crab Industry

A 2010 report documenting the difficulties faced by migrant worker women in the US who travel from Mexico with a H-2B visa in order to work for crab shelling companies …

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The Economics of Being Young and Poor: How Homeless Youth Survive in Neo-liberal Times

Canadian government study that explores the employment experiences of homeless youth, and how homelessness affects where they work, and how they live. It has some useful definitions in defining “informal” …

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