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Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response

On April 16, news broke that Meta had cut ties with its contractor in Kenya, Sama, ending a long-standing outsourcing arrangement it had for content moderation and artificial intelligence training. The …

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance

The real danger that artificial intelligence poses to work is not just job loss – it is the growing divide between people who use AI to extend their skills and those whose …

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty …

Resources

Report of the ILO Director-General: A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work

“A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work 1. In reflecting on the theme of this year’s report A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work, …

ILO Working Paper: Navigating workers’ data rights in the digital age

A historical, current, and future perspective on workers’ data protection “Over recent decades, comprehensive data protection legislation has proliferated worldwide, with a majority of jurisdictions enacting robust statutory regimes. Despite …

An International Blueprint for Forced Labor Import Bans

Forced labor is a grievous violation of human rights. Defined under ILO Convention No. 29 as all work exacted under the menace of a penalty and for which workers have …

Moving Toward Shared Responsibility: How the EU’s CSDDD and Omnibus I Reimagine Contracting for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

For decades, the legal architecture for managing human rights and environmental (HRE) risks in global supply chains has relied on a practice we call ‘risk-shifting’. In this model, lead firms use …

Fixing a labour justice system that fails workers

On May 1, as the world marks International Workers’ Day, the promise of justice for workers in Bangladesh deserves renewed attention. At the centre of that promise stand the country’s …

Employers Should Choose a Lane

mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …

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