Landmark U.S. ruling allows Indonesians to proceed with lawsuit against Bumble Bee for forced labor on fishing boats

The case of a group of Indonesian fishers who sued U.S. tuna brand Bumble Bee, alleging forced labor, will move forward, according to a judgment released by the Southern California …

NJ Amazon Suit Vies to Build on States’ Limited Gig Worker Wins

State attorneys general seeking to build on incremental wins in the long fight over gig worker classification can look to New Jersey as it escalates its driver employment status suits …

Europe Is Regulating AI Hiring. Why Isn’t America?

In 2018, Amazon unveiled a groundbreaking AI hiring tool. But what began as a promise to revolutionize how the company identified talent devolved into an algorithm that “did not like women.” …

Sweeping Labor Law Overhaul Package Introduced by Senate GOP

A sweeping slate of bills released Monday by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would fundamentally change the last eight decades of US labor law. The bulk of the measures target the …

Appeals Court Sides With Home Depot Over NLRB in BLM Dispute

Home Depot Inc. doesn’t have to rehire a Minnesota retail worker after a federal appeals court held that the National Labor Relations Board “improperly evaluated” the reasons for the company’s …

EEOC sued after trashing disparate impact probes

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is facing a lawsuit from a former Amazon worker after announcing the closing of all disparate impact claim investigations.  An internal memo sent …

Trans EEOC director faced discrimination on the job, judge rules

Aformer Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) employee who sued the agency for trans discrimination was wrongfully denied access to unemployment benefits, an administrative judge has ruled, in the first step …

SECTION 301 INVESTIGATION REPORT ON NICARAGUA’S ACTS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES RELATED TO LABOR RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AND THE RULE OF LAW

As set out in this Report, the Ortega-Murillo regime is engaged in unreasonable acts, policies, and practices that burden and restrict commercial opportunities for U.S. companies in Nicaragua. Nicaragua engages …

White House Weighs Fresh Nicaragua Tariffs Over Human Rights

The US is weighing imposing new tariffs on imports from Nicaragua or cutting the country off from benefits under a free trade deal, the White House’s Office of the US Trade …

Labor Unions, EFF Sue Trump Administration to Stop Ideological Surveillance of Free Speech Online

The United Automobile Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit today against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their …