Heat-related illness has been recognized as an occupational hazard for decades. Extreme heat conditions are increasing in frequency across the United States, exposing a rising number of workers to conditions …
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Algorithmic Management and a New Generation of Rights at Work
Technology is once again transforming the world of work. The introduction of new technologies in the workplace has long been a site of tension and contestation between workers and employers, …
Unions Give Workers a Voice Over How AI Affects Their Jobs
As policymakers seek solutions to the current and future impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on workers across the country, workers themselves are using their union bargaining power to negotiate contract …
At Work and Under Watch: Surveillance and suffering at Amazon and Walmart warehouses
“Amazon and Walmart are the two largest private employers in the United States, and together these two megacorporations have amassed unprecedented levels of wealth. Both companies have succeeded by pioneering …
Digital labour platforms and migrant workers
Analysing migrants’ working conditions and (over)representation in platform work in Europe “Working for labour platforms is still relatively rare, but the generally poor working conditions and the impact on the …
HIDDEN HARVEST: Human Rights and Environmental Abuses in India’s Shrimp Industry
“This report is the culmination of three years of research and investigations into the Indian shrimp sector, examining evidence of forced labor, living and working conditions for shrimp supply chain …
ILO Report – Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour
“US$236 billion. This is the obscene level of annual profit generated from forced labour in the world today. This figure reflects the wages or earnings effectively stolen from the pockets …
Confronting systemic human rights violations: Human rights due diligence and state-imposed forced labor under the German Supply Chain Act
“The existence of state-imposed forced labor as a systemic human rights violation within global value chains requires an urgent corporate response. Although the issue of state-imposed forced labor and its …
The US Forced Labor Import Ban as a Tool to Raise Labor Standards in Supply Chain Contexts: Strategic Approaches to Advocacy
“The United States has banned the importation of goods made with forced labor since 1930. Until recently, however, this law—Section 307 of the US Tariff Act of 1930—was rarely applied, …
ETUI Report: Towards workers’ environmental rights
An analysis of EU labour and environmental law Building on the ongoing discussion on the labour–environment nexus in labour law and other areas of scholarship, in this paper we systematically …
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