CTM pega primer hit en batalla legal contra reforma laboral

La Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM) logró su primer triunfo contra la aplicación de la reforma laboral del 1 de mayo. El Juzgado de Distrito en Materias de Amparo …

A Quiet Trump Administration Rule Change Could Allow a Federal Union-Busting Spree

“The Trump administration has proposed a change in rules governing union membership for federal government workers that could embolden federal agencies to discourage staff from joining or remaining in their …

Cambodia: Fundamental Freedoms Monitor, Third Annual Report

The Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP) examines the state of the freedoms of association, expression and assembly in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia). Utilizing a range of monitoring tools, the …

6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?

Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace. “Six years ago, the glamour of the global fashion industry …

Fighting Wage Preemption: How Workers Have Lost Billions in Wages and How We Can Restore Local Democracy

“Local governments, like cities and counties, have long implemented local policies—including higher minimum wages—to improve economic conditions. Local efforts to raise the wage floor have seen a tremendous upsurge over …

Court of appeal decision threatens right to strike in Belgium

An appeals court in Belgium has upheld the conviction of trade unionist Bruno Verlaeckt for his role in a demonstration in Antwerp three years ago. The ruling on 26 June …

Taiwan: Unions strike deal with airline to end longest labour strike in country’s aviation history

“Unions strike deal with management to end industrial dispute that saw more than 1,200 flights grounded and hundreds of thousands of journeys disrupted Strike was the longest in Taiwanese aviation …

Hundreds of Abu Dhabi labourers refuse to work in wage dispute

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/hundreds-of-abu-dhabi-labourers-refuse-to-work-in-wage-dispute-1.882680

Rats have speech rights, too: Unions, protests and balloons

Outside a strip mall on Staten Island, a giant balloon rat lies deflated. I can’t imagine a less auspicious scene for the free-speech fight of the century. But it’s here …

Guthrie Theater loses NLRB case in #MeToo labor dispute

A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge has ruled that the Guthrie Theater violated federal labor law in 2017 by downgrading the performance review of Molly Diers, a carpenter then working in …

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