Changes in Calif. classification law nix Grubhub trial win

A U.S. appeals court on Monday said a California federal judge must reconsider her ruling that Grubhub Inc was correct to treat a delivery driver as an independent contractor rather …

US: Republican politicians: Let OSHA do its job

“Quite early in my career as a lawyer for the U.S. Labor Department — at the dawn of the Reagan presidency — I found myself trying a number of safety …

California Passes Bill to Ensure Amazon Workers Can Take Bathroom Breaks

Labor rights experts and workers praised the passage of a first-of-its-kind bill in California aimed at empowering warehouse employees at Amazon and other companies that use algorithms to enforce quotas …

In California, a women-led coalition is fighting for the passage a new anti-sweatshop law

Maria, 58, rapidly sews one piece after another, deftly operating her sewing machine with the kind of skill that comes from her many years of experience as a seamstress. But …

U.S. cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor

Last month, dozens of boxes of sneakers, men’s dress shirts, blouses and other clothing were unloaded off a plane in Atlanta, bound for U.S. consumers. But the shipments never made …

Other People’s Rotten Jobs Are Bad for Them. And for You.

“A few years ago, a part-time minimum wage worker at an upstate New York McDonald’s suspected a gas leak. When he alerted his supervisors, they told him to ignore it or …

When Hard Jobs Turn Hazardous

In early summer, a day laborer laying irrigation lines at a plant nursery just south of Portland, Ore., collapsed to the ground and died. His official cause of death was declared …

TRADE POLICY WON’T WORK FOR WORKERS TILL IT WORKS FOR WOMEN

“Gender justice advocates have been waiting for far too long for trade justice. Women’s rights organizations have been pointing this out for at least two decades, during a wave of …

Southwest pilots’ union sues carrier over changes to work rules during pandemic travel slump

Southwest pilots’ union sued the carrier this week, alleging the airline violated federal labor laws by altering work rules during the pandemic travel slump without negotiating the changes. Those included …

D.C. Circuit rejects NLRB’s limits on contractor picketing

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out the National Labor Relations Board’s restrictive Trump-era test for determining when property owners can bar onsite contractors’ employees from picketing, saying it …