NLRB allows employers to prohibit workers from using work email for protected trade union activity

In Caesars Entertainment d/b/a/ Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, the National Labor Relations Board overturned Board precedent to allow the employer to restrict employee use of its email system if …

Samsung Elec board chairman jailed on union-busting charge

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) board chairman Lee Sang-hoon was sentenced to 1-1/2 years jail on Tuesday for sabotaging legitimate union activities, a South Korean court said. Lee and about …

Respecting the Right to Strike at Harvard

According to the Crimson, Harvard has circulated an email advising departments seeking to hire spring teaching fellows (and other student workers) to include certain language in job postings and offer letters. …

The workers organising for a better future in Cambodia

When she was elected to represent the local branch of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, or CCADWU, in 2007, Srun Sokthy felt alone and disheartened. She wasn’t …

Albania: Newly formed Trade Union of United Mineworkers of Bulqiza Facing Worker Repression

The Trade Union of United Mineworkers of Bulqiza (Albania) announced its formation on November 17, 2019. Five days later, the chairman of the union was dismissed by AlbChrome, part of …

Indonesia: The $4 Million Severance Payout That Almost Didn’t Happen

In late November, a group of laid-off garment industry workers in Indonesia collected more than $4 million in severance pay owed to them by their employer. It was a rare …

McDonald’s USA, LLC, a joint employer, et al.

The NLRB on instructed an administrative law judge to approve a $172,000 settlement with McDonald’s that relieves it of liability as a “joint employer”. The dissenting member expressed that “This …

McDonald’s Wins Backing of Labor Board

The National Labor Relations Board instructed a federal judge to approve a settlement in a case pertaining to McDonald’s Corp. status as a joint employer, helping shield the company from liability from …

Japan’s new labor laws: Insecurity for international & contract workers

Since the new Japanese labor laws, originally passed in 2013, came into full effect last year, some companies have acted unlawfully to evade rules that benefit long-term contract workers. Employees have …

Negotiating Our Way Up: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN A CHANGING WORLD OF WORK

Collective bargaining systems are key and complex labour market institutions In all OECD countries, workers and employers associate to express their interests and concerns, as well as to bargain over …