The Employment Rights Bill is a big step forward in improving workers’ rights, addressing a number of abusive employer practices, and removing unwarranted restrictions on trade unions. The Bill’s success …
US wants Bangladesh to implement 11-point labour action plan by March 2025
The United States has called for the implementation of an 11-point action plan aimed at improving labour rights in Bangladesh by March 2025. Kelly M Fay Rodriguez, special representative for …
Anti-Union Captive Audience Meetings Outlawed by Labor Board
Mandatory “captive audience” meetings in which companies argue against unionization are illegal, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a case involving Amazon.com Inc., prohibiting one of employers’ most potent …
Board Restores Prior Standard Governing Employer Statements about Unionization’s Impact on Employer-Employee Relationship
The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, overruling Tri-Cast, Inc., 274 NLRB 377 (1985) and clarifying the test that the Board will use to evaluate whether …
Massachusetts voters allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize
Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that would allow ride-share drivers to unionize, becoming the first U.S. state to allow drivers for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft …
Uber Drivers Seek Voter Approval to Unionize in Massachusetts
Massachusetts voters are preparing to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers can form a union and collectively negotiate their pay and working conditions, a potentially first-of-its-kind bargaining model for the …
Trabajadores de Contitech interponen quejas laborales en el marco del T-MEC y suman a Alemania
Trabajadores de la empresa Contitech, afilados a la Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicana (LSOM), anunciaron que interpusieron dos quejas laborales, una bajo el Mecanismo de Respuesta Rápida del T-MEC por violación a sus derechos laborales, y …
Oxfam Files Formal UN Complaint Against Amazon, Walmart’s ‘Systematic Human Rights Violations
Oxfam, which aims to fight inequality and poverty globally, announced Thursday it had submitted a formal complaint against both companies to the United Nations’ Working Group on Business & Human Rights, …
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NLRB rules anti-union captive audience meetings an illegal abuse of employer power
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that anti-union captive audience meetings in particular are illegal because they interfere with workers’ right to freely choose whether to form or join …