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Martinez-Cuevas: Reckoning with Labor Law’s Racist Roots

The Washington Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case that could have major economic effects for our most vulnerable workers while beginning to unravel one long-standing piece of our nation’s …

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Fashion’s dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories

“At one of the biggest garment factories in Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho, the managers never hired enough regular workers to complete the clothing orders that flooded in from …

The Pitfalls of Uber and Lyft as Franchisors

“Uber and Lyft are in the early stages of discussions to possibly turn many of their California drivers into employees. However, rather than become employees of the companies, the drivers …

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Support for women informal workers is urgent as pandemic unfolds in South Africa

“Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation predicted that measures to curb the spread of the disease would disproportionately affect women workers. This has certainly turned out to be …

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Uber Says Gig Workers Are Their Own Bosses — But Courts Disagree

“According to some estimates, over 50 million people today may be engaged in some type of gig work. In the side hustle economy, gig work has become a necessity to make ends …

Uber and Lyft should treat drivers as employees

“California, the spiritual home of the gig economy, has delivered a blow to the business models of platform companies. The state’s supreme court ruled on Monday that Uber and Lyft, …

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The EU’s fight against fashion’s forced labour supply chain

“Allegations of labour exploitation in the fashion supply chain are rampant. In the month of July alone, UK fast fashion retailer Boohoo was accused of worker exploitation at one of …

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Losing More Than Their Health – COVID-19 and Migrant Worker Wage Theft

“The fear of losing jobs is worrying everyone at the moment.” These are the words of Sharif Uddin, a Bangladeshi construction supervisor, who sends the bulk of his wages to his family in Bangladesh …

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Uber’s Achilles Heel: The Rule of Law

“As courts all over the world are holding Uber accountable on charges of infringements of workers’ rights, Bama Athreya provides insights into the larger issue of a fundamental conflict between …

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The Compounding Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in South East Asia

“Closed businesses, empty city streets, and airports have become global symbols of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of us have been directly or indirectly impacted through lockdown measures – movement and travel …