New Bill Could Curb Exploitation of US Gig Workers

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 …

Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers

 A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union …

Uber’s Inequality Machine: Data on How AI-Driven Pay is Harming Workers and What We Can Do to Push Back

“Uber’s Inequality Machine is the nation’s first and largest study of its kind. Our data stems from a survey of more than 2,500 Uber drivers in more than 45 states, …

When ‘Bossware’ Manages Workers: A Policy Agenda to Stop Digital Surveillance and Automated-Decision-System Abuses

“In recent years, businesses and employers1 have turned to digital technologies for a wide variety of management functions.2 (See Appendix 1 for a summary of increased employer powers related to …

Workers Roast as Federal Heat Standard Languishes

It was 100 degrees in Baltimore the day Ronald Silver II died on the job last summer. He had already taken time off from his sanitation job that week to …

New Bill Could Curb Exploitation of US Gig Workers

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 …

Trump Labor Department Plans To Gut More Than 60 Workplace Regulations

In what has been described as a “barrage of attacks on workers,” the U.S. Department of Labor under President Donald Trump is planning to overhaul dozens of rules that protect workers from exploitation …

Jury awards KY firefighters $1M for unlawful firing after unionization

A federal jury recently awarded two former Kentucky firefighters $1 million after they were fired for forming a union. Jamie Bottom and Derrick Steele received the award July 18 after …

Bullsh*t: Forced Labor in Brazil’s Beef and Tallow Supply Chains

The use of forced labor remains a pervasive and largely overlooked feature of the Brazilian cattle industry. On isolated ranches, often deep within ecologically vulnerable regions, workers are subjected to …

Negotiating Tech: An Inventory of U.S. Union Contract Provisions for the Digital Age

This searchable inventory documents how unions have addressed workplace technologies through collective bargaining. It includes provisions from more than 175 agreements, drawn from a review of over 500 contracts, and …