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 …

Partisan Lines Emerge as Circuit Courts Tackle NLRB’s Power

Federal appeals courts are assessing the viability of one of the NLRB’s most effective tools to protect workers’ rights in the aftermath of a US Supreme Court decision that dialed …

Landmark survey exposes a hidden system of migrant worker exploitation across Australia

A survey of 10,000 migrants has found that Australian businesses systematically underpay migrant workers. Two-thirds of employees were paid less than they were owed under the Fair Work Act – …

French ‘Anti-Fast Fashion’ Law Stalls as Brussels Objects

France’s so-called “anti-fast fashion” law has hit a snag. Writing in an April 15 reaction, the European Commission said that Loi Violland—a bill designed to curb overconsumption by regulating the environmental impacts …

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 …

Tesco faces employment tribunal over claim it helped set the ‘market rates’ used to justify pay gap

On Friday 1 May 2026 the tribunal is due to begin hearing Tesco’s defence for paying store staff less than distribution centre workers.  The shop workers say Tesco cannot defend …

Volkswagen Opens Door to Challenging NLRB Regional Directors

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. expanded the courtroom attack on the National Labor Relations Board’s constitutionality, newly targeting officials who are critical to the agency’s administration and enforcement of workers’ …

California appeals court jettisons Blue Origin arbitration agreement

The California Court of Appeals has shot down an arbitration clause used in space technology company Blue Origin’s employee contracts, halting its efforts to force a harassment complaint out of …

Trump tariff threats should spur UK to ban forced labor, say Labour MPs

Keir Starmer’s government needs to ban forced labor from nations like China as a probe of U.K. supply chains by the Trump administration threatens new tariffs, senior Labour lawmakers told …