Trump’s Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces

The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards …

Inscriben apps 350 mil repartidores al IMSS

Las empresas de plataforma han dado de alta en el IMSS a cerca de 350 mil repartidores y conductores desde el primero de julio, día en el que comenzó el programa piloto, …

Gig Drivers Unionize Without Employee Status Under State Plans

Lawmakers in California and Illinois are proposing to let ride-hail drivers unionize and bargain for better wages and benefits, without changing their status as independent contractors. Both state legislatures are …

Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada

On July 2, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518 in British Columbia announced that more than 500 Uber drivers in Greater Victoria have unionized.  This historic decision follows months of organizing …

Uber, Instacart Pressed by 9th to Say How City Law Forces Speech

Uber Technologies Inc. and Instacart faced skepticism Thursday at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as they alleged Seattle’s courier deactivation law unconstitutionally regulates its speech. “I don’t see it …

Requiem for the Wagner Act

On July 5, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) into law. Known as the Wagner Act, after its author, New York’s Sen. Robert Wagner, …

Overseas Shrimp Plant Workers Wrestle With Human Trafficking Law

The plight of Cambodians who say a Thai factory forced them to process US-bound frozen shrimp is drawing attention to workers’ ability to hold companies liable for attempts to benefit …

US federal court allows lawsuit to proceed over Qatar World Cup labor conditions

A US federal judge in Colorado on Thursday ruled that Filipino workers can proceed with forced labor claims against US-based construction companies that oversaw FIFA World Cup stadium projects in Qatar. …

Qatar World Cup Stadium Workers Advance US Forced Labor Lawsuit

Filipino laborers who say companies involved in building Qatar’s FIFA World Cup facilities forced them to work up to 72 hours straight can pursue some of their trafficking allegations, a …

6 organizaciones denuncian Central Romana no ha corregido trabajo forzoso por lo que fue sancionada en 2022

Seis organizaciones que acompañan a trabajadores de la caña y domínico-haitianos denunciaron que el Central Romana Corporation no ha corregido las fallas en su área agrícola y que persisten las condiciones de trabajo forzado, por lo …