Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave

As an unusual heat dome sent temperatures in the Pacific Northwest soaring to 108 degrees Fahrenheit on June 28, 2021, Juliana Leon pulled her car over and rolled down the …

Far From Home: Uyghur Workers in Factories Supplying Global Brands

China’s mass detention and surveillance of ethnic Uyghurs turned its far western region of Xinjiang into a global symbol of forced labor and human rights abuses, prompting Congress to ban …

Karnataka’s Gig Worker Ordinance Mandates Platform Registration and Welfare Fund Contributions

Karnataka has passed an ordinance to regulate app-based gig work. The Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025 applies to services like ride-hailing and food delivery. It requires …

‘State of emergency’ in Panama after strike leads to layoffs

The Panamanian government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in one province after US banana giant Chiquita Brands laid off about 5,000 workers following a strike that had ground …

Brazilian prosecutors sue China’s BYD over allegations of slave-like labor conditions

Brazilian prosecutors said Tuesday they are suing Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD and two of its contractors over allegations of using workers in slave-like labor conditions and engaging in international …

Trump Administration Tells State Regulators It Won’t Back Some Discrimination Claims

The Trump administration is making it harder for state and local agencies to enforce certain workplace discrimination laws, another step in its efforts to strip away longstanding civil rights protections …

Inside Tamil Nadu’s textile factories where women reel under harsh summer heat

“I fainted on the garment factory floor yesterday.” That’s how Thivya Rakini, a trade union leader and worker rights advocate, began recounting her visit to a garment factory in Dindigul. …

Macron backs call to scrap EU sustainability rules

The French president called on the European Union to abolish a directive on corporate sustainability that requires large companies to show supply chains upholding human rights and environmental standards. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/20/macron-backs-call-to-scrap-eu-sustainability-rules_6741434_4.html

33 migrant workers sue recruitment firm, govt over alleged job scam

A group of migrant workers from Bangladesh are suing a recruitment company and the government for leaving them jobless in Malaysia after an alleged job scam involving payment of tens …

Court gives go-ahead to Trump’s plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers

 A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively …