State AGs Demand That Amazon Tell Them How Many Warehouse Workers Have Died From COVID-19

A group of state attorneys general demanded in a written letter that Amazon disclose how many warehouse workers and Whole Foods employees have been infected with or died from the …

Petition filed at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by Brazilian unions

“The entities submitting this petition express their concern about the unhealthiness of a wide range of occupational sectors and how the improper classification of essential activities by the Federal Government …

Peru: Decreto Legislativo N° 1499

El presente Decreto Legislativo tiene por objeto establecer diversas medidas para garantizar y fiscalizar la protección de los derechos sociolaborales de los/as trabajadores/as de la actividad privada y de los/as …

A Brief History of the Gig

“In early 2012, San Francisco taxi drivers began to raise the alarm at organizing meetings and city hearings about “bandit tech cabs” pilfering their fares. “I’ll sit at a hotel …

RCWA v Smithfield Foods (ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS)

The District Court granted Smithfield’s Motion to Dismiss, finding that it should decline to hear this matter pursuant to the primary-jurisdiction doctrine to allow the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) …

Uber and Lyft Owe California $413 Million in Unemployment Insurance Taxes, Study Says

“A new report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center finds that Uber and Lyft avoided paying California $413 million in state unemployment insurance (SUI) taxes by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors …

Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn’t cover warehouses

Amazon workers in southern California’s industrial heartland say the company’s policies are forcing sick employees to work and that warehouses are refusing to comply with a state paid sick leave …

In-Store Instacart Shoppers in Chicago Get OK for Union Vote

“A federal labor board official in Chicago has approved a mail ballot unionization election for a group of Instacart in-store shoppers at a Jewel-Osco store in Chicago. The petition was …

Protecting Whistleblowers under COVID-19: A Proposal for “Preclearance” for Termination

“Across the country, essential workers — healthcare workers, janitors, grocery workers, delivery drivers, and others — are protesting dangerous working conditions under COVID-19. In response, employers in various sectors are retaliating against and even firing workers who raise internal complaints …

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; LYFT, INC.,

Here is the complaint from the cased filed against Uber and Lyft in California alleging worker misclassification. Pursuant to authority codified by Assembly Bill 5 of 2019 (California Labor Code …