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TAKING BUSINESS LAW BACK FROM THE ECONOMISTS: BUILDING WORKER POWER THROUGH ANTITRUST REFORM

“The political economy of work in the United States is on the skids. In April 2020, unemployment skyrocketed,reaching a level not seen since the worst days of the Depression in the 1930s. …

The Future for Uber and Lyft Drivers if Their Employers Win the California Fight? Listen to Their Cambodian Counterparts.

“The fight over so-called “gig” work has come to a head in California. Lyft has even threatened to suspend all operations in the state. Why would the company even think …

Blog: Uber Reinvents its Controversial Arbitration Clause After Uber v. Heller

A story in yesterday’s Toronto Star caught my attention. It explained how Uber Canada has introduced a new revised version of its mandatory arbitration clause. As discussed at length on this …

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USING THE MASTER’S TOOLS TO DISMANTLE THE MASTER’S HOUSE: 307 PETITIONS AS A HUMAN RIGHTS TOOL

This post first provides an overview of Section 307 and then discusses the Top Glove case in more detail. It looks at the WRO as an example of how Section …

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: options of monitoring, enforcing and remedy under the future EU legislation

In 2020 the EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders expressed a commitment to legislate mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for EU companies.  This commitment in turn flows from the …

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“THE LANDMARK BOSTOCK DECISION: SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY BIAS IN EMPLOYMENT CONSTITUTE SEX DISCRIMINATION UNDER FEDERAL LAW”

“On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court or SCOTUS) issued a widely anticipated decision holding that the federal statutory ban on sex discrimination in …

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Workers’ rights protection and enforcement by state attorneys general

“State attorneys general can play a critical role in protecting and enforcing workers’ rights. There has been a significant uptick in the involvement of state attorneys general in this area …

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Why unions are good for workers—especially in a crisis like COVID-19

“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a reality that U.S. workers have long confronted—U.S. labor law fails to protect working people. For decades, union leaders and workers’ rights advocates have called …

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The labor-busting law firms and consultants that keep Google, Amazon and other workplaces union-free

“American companies have been very successful at preventing their workers from organizing into unions in recent decades, one of the reasons unionization in the private sector is at a record …

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Sanctions on China’s top cotton supplier weave a tangled web for fashion brands

In the vast steppes of China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, a paramilitary organization produces more than 7 percent of the world’s cotton, which factories around the globe spin into T-shirts, denim …

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