Por financiar el paramilitarismo en Colombia, siete exdirectivos de la multinacional bananera Chiquita Brands fueron condenados a más de 11 años de cárcel

En una decisión histórica para la verdad, la justicia y la reparación en el marco del conflicto armado, el Juzgado Sexto Penal del Circuito Especializado de Antioquia condenó a siete …

Trump’s Department of Labor Continues Its Onslaught against Workers

The Trump administration is doubling down on the president and his Department of Labor’s (DOL) deep hostility toward workers. Over the past six months, Donald Trump, his inaptly named Department …

Trump’s Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces

The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards …

Inscriben apps 350 mil repartidores al IMSS

Las empresas de plataforma han dado de alta en el IMSS a cerca de 350 mil repartidores y conductores desde el primero de julio, día en el que comenzó el programa piloto, …

Gig Drivers Unionize Without Employee Status Under State Plans

Lawmakers in California and Illinois are proposing to let ride-hail drivers unionize and bargain for better wages and benefits, without changing their status as independent contractors. Both state legislatures are …

Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada

On July 2, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518 in British Columbia announced that more than 500 Uber drivers in Greater Victoria have unionized.  This historic decision follows months of organizing …

Uber, Instacart Pressed by 9th to Say How City Law Forces Speech

Uber Technologies Inc. and Instacart faced skepticism Thursday at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as they alleged Seattle’s courier deactivation law unconstitutionally regulates its speech. “I don’t see it …

Requiem for the Wagner Act

On July 5, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) into law. Known as the Wagner Act, after its author, New York’s Sen. Robert Wagner, …

Overseas Shrimp Plant Workers Wrestle With Human Trafficking Law

The plight of Cambodians who say a Thai factory forced them to process US-bound frozen shrimp is drawing attention to workers’ ability to hold companies liable for attempts to benefit …

US federal court allows lawsuit to proceed over Qatar World Cup labor conditions

A US federal judge in Colorado on Thursday ruled that Filipino workers can proceed with forced labor claims against US-based construction companies that oversaw FIFA World Cup stadium projects in Qatar. …