Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead

Last Friday, the National Labor Relations Board released its most important ruling in many decades. In a party-line decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, the Board ruled that when a majority of …

CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC (NLRB)

Today, the Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new framework for determining when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election.  The new framework will …

The future of remote work

Debates on the future of work have taken a more fundamental turn in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Early in 2020, when large sections of the workforce were prevented …

NLRB paves way for workers to unionize without formal elections

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Friday resurrected key elements of a policy it eliminated more than 50 years ago requiring businesses that commit labor law violations to bargain …

Quickway’s Post-Unionizing Terminal Closure Unlawful, NLRB Rules

Quickway Transportation Inc. must reopen a terminal in Louisville, Ky., that the company illegally shut down in 2020 after drivers there formed a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled. …

En Colombia es nuevamente radicada la Reforma Laboral “Trabajo por el Cambio” ante el Congreso de la República

En Colombia, el día de hoy fue nuevamente radicado el Reforma Laboral “Trabajo por el Cambio” propuesto por el Gobierno nacional en cabeza del presidente Gustavo Petro. La reforma había …

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement

A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a …

Beyond the surface: Unpacking the opportunity structure for gender equality bargaining in Chile

“By analysing the interrelations between the regulatory framework, organisational dynamics and gender politics, we assess the challenges for Gender Equality Bargaining in Chile. Several factors in the political arena drive …

Bulgaria: any acts against union association is now punishable by law

On 7 August in a groundbreaking move, Bulgaria’s Parliament approved a series of amendments to the Penal Code. This is a great victory for the trade union movement as any …

Complaints of Unfair Dismissal at Albanian Public Broadcaster

Dismissals at Albania’s public broadcaster have raised fresh fears of political meddling following the election of a new director, with a number of those who lost their jobs telling BIRN …

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