United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at the Panasonic Automotive Systems de Mexico facility in Reynosa, State …
The First Federal Bill That Could Protect U.S. Garment Workers Is Heading to Congress
A first-of-its-kind bill that aims to protect American garment workers is making its way to the Senate floor. New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced the Fashioning Accountability and Building …
Content moderator in Kenya sues Meta over working conditions
A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the Kenyan constitution. The petition, also …
New Zealand’s jobs law will cause ripples beyond its shores
The pandemic made one truth hard to ignore: the people we need the most are often the ones we value the least. While many people were furloughed or laid off …
Workers in British Columbia Just Won Single-Step Union Certification
Before the anti-labor onslaught of the 1980s, union recognition in Canada was straightforward and democratic — all it took was a workplace majority to sign authorization cards. Now, decades later, …
ILO Flagship Social Dialogue Report 2022: Collective bargaining for an inclusive sustainable and resilient recovery
“Concerns have been growing over rising in- equality in earnings and widening gaps in labour market opportunities. This is mirrored by sluggish productivity growth on the one hand, and a …
‘Captive audience’ meetings used in Amazon union fight should be illegal, federal official argues
Does a company have the right to make its employees attend meetings where they hear messages against joining a union? The general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board is …
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Ukraine’s new labour law could ‘open Pandora’s box’ for workers
Ukrainian parliament set to vote on new labour law that threatens workers with a ‘rollback to the 19th century’ “With one letter [our employer] sent us away, and our dialogue …