Humpert and Others v. Germany

Facts – At the relevant time, the four applicants were State school teachers with civil-servant status employed by different German Länder. They were all members of the Trade Union for Education and …

Federal Regulators Seek to Force Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores

Federal labor regulators accused Starbucks on Wednesday of illegally closing 23 stores to suppress organizing activity and sought to force the company to reopen them. A complaint issued by a …

Book: Human Rights Due Diligence and Labour Governance

Offers the first sustained analysis of human rights due diligence’s implications for the protection and promotion of workers’ rights in the global economy Explores how the rise of HRDD is …

UK anti-strike rules may breach international law, MPs and peers warn

Workers in some public sector jobs will be completely prevented from striking under restrictive rules that may breach international law, parliament’s watchdog on human rights has said. The joint committee …

Tesla sues Swedish state in effort to circumvent union action

Tesla is suing the Swedish state and the country’s postal service in an attempt to circumvent strikes and union action that have crippled its operations in the Scandinavian country. The …

Netherlands: Supreme Court: court’s ruling that Deliveroo is bound by a collective labor agreement and must pay pension premiums for delivery drivers remains upheld

The two decisions of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal of December 21, 2021, that Deliveroo falls under the universally binding collective labor agreement for Professional Goods Transport and the rental …

Blow to gig economy workers after UK supreme court rules against collective bargaining rights

Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective negotiations on pay and conditions, the UK’s top court has ruled, in a blow to gig economy campaigners and the unions …

Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (Appellant) v Central Arbitration Committee and another (Respondents)

The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the IWGB’s appeal. It holds that the riders were not in an employment relationship for the purposes of article 11 ECHR, and the provisions of …

Apple Illegally Withheld Benefits From Union Workers, US Labor Board Alleges

Apple Inc. is facing charges from the federal labor board after it excluded unionized retail workers from a benefits boost last year. A National Labor Relations Board regional director lodged …

White House Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to enhance United States policy and our …

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