It has not been a very good year for the American coal industry, as both exports and price per ton continue to trend downwards, but it’s been even worse for the …
It has not been a very good year for the American coal industry, as both exports and price per ton continue to trend downwards, but it’s been even worse for the …
In an interview for Equal Times, the report’s coordinator and principal investigator, Silvia Borelli, labour law professor at the University of Ferrara (Italy), explains how the business of storage and home …
As the planet heats up, the world’s most vulnerable workers are being pushed to the brink. In 2024, India recorded its hottest year on record, with temperatures hitting 50 degrees …
Coffee. Gloves. Smartphones. Solar panels. Seafood. So much of what we consume comes from sprawling global supply chains tainted by forced labour. This abhorrent practice endures because it pays. Companies …
July was a busy month at the U.S. Department of Labor. Within a period of a few days, the agency announced dozens of regulatory changes, primarily intended to roll back existing protections for workers. …
On June 26, 2025, in F.C. v. Jacobs Solutions Inc., Magistrate Judge Cyrus Y. Chung (District of Colorado) partly granted and partly denied a motion to dismiss claims against U.S. companies under the Trafficking …
The gig economy runs on hidden rules. Every day, millions of workers in the United States log into apps like Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon Flex to earn a living, without …
he Labour Party’s flagship Employment Rights Bill is currently in the final stage of its legislative journey in the House of Lords. Peers are making a final round of amendments …
The Yale Law Journal Forum recently hosted a collection of essays under the rubric of “Reimagining and Empowering the Contemporary Workforce.” Two of these works deal specifically with the challenges for workers …
Labour must deliver collective bargaining for unions – John Hendy
The Employment Rights Bill is nearly an Act. It only remains for the government to use its majority in the House of Commons to defeat the Tory and Lib-Dem amendments …