El caso se relaciona con la investigación y judicialización de lo sucedido el 26 de marzo de 1998, cuando Neusa dos Santos Nascimento, y Gisele Ana Ferreira Gomes, ambas afrodescendientes, …
Brasil Es Responsable Por Falta De Debida Diligencia Reforzada En La Investigación De Hechos De Discriminación Racial En Contra De Dos Trabajadoras Afrodescendientes
En la sentencia notificada hoy, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos – Corte IDH, encontró responsable internacionalmente al Estado de Brasil en el caso Dos Santos Nascimento y Ferreira Gomes …
US Supreme Court seems poised to lower bar for ‘reverse discrimination’ suits
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from “majority backgrounds,” such as white or straight people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, as they …
Amazon’s Misdeeds Should Mean Automatic Unionization, Says Unifor
Amazon’s efforts to block an organizing drive at its Delta warehouse were so unfair that the union should be automatically certified, Unifor Local 114 told the BC Labour Relations Board …
CVS Says Union Vote Certifications Require NLRB Quorum
CVS has argued that National Labor Relations Board regional offices cannot certify the results of union representation elections while the agency lacks a quorum, advancing the latest argument employers have …
Chinese workers in BYD Brazil factory signed contracts with abusive clauses, investigators say
The workers who traveled from China to northeast Brazil to build a new factory for electric car maker BYD earned roughly $70 per 10-hour shift, over twice the Chinese hourly …
The Union Scores a Big Win in Starbucks Battle
The union organizing some B.C. Starbucks coffee shops scored a big win at the BC Labour Relations Board, which ruled Thursday that workers at multiple locations could be in one …
Waffle House employees say owners rob them of up to $46.8 million a year
Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work and dishwashing for lower tipped wages, robbing them of up to $46.8 million. Melissa “Kat” Steach, a Waffle House server …
$100 Million Lawsuit Claims Southwest Airlines Refused To Pay New York Baggage & Cargo Handlers
Southwest Airlines has been sued in the state of New York for not paying its staff weekly. The employees have filed suit, asking for $100 million in damages and requesting a …
Canada plans oversight body to ensure businesses, governments crack down on forced labour
The federal government plans to create an oversight agency as part of a toughening of laws to block foreign goods made with forced labour, measures it says will increase the …
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