‘State of emergency’ in Panama after strike leads to layoffs

The Panamanian government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in one province after US banana giant Chiquita Brands laid off about 5,000 workers following a strike that had ground …

Brazilian prosecutors sue China’s BYD over allegations of slave-like labor conditions

Brazilian prosecutors said Tuesday they are suing Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD and two of its contractors over allegations of using workers in slave-like labor conditions and engaging in international …

Trump Administration Tells State Regulators It Won’t Back Some Discrimination Claims

The Trump administration is making it harder for state and local agencies to enforce certain workplace discrimination laws, another step in its efforts to strip away longstanding civil rights protections …

Court gives go-ahead to Trump’s plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers

 A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively …

Amazon Denied Fifth Circuit Help in Lawsuit Against NLRB

Amazon.com Inc. failed to convince a federal appeals court to stop the National Labor Relations Board from acting on unfair labor practice allegations against the company while it proceeds with …

Colombia’s president sends congress referendum proposal that could overhaul labor laws

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal whose questions for voters include whether workdays should be limited …

Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil

A labor rights group sued Starbucks on Thursday, alleging that it sourced coffee from a major cooperative in Brazil whose member farms were cited for keeping workers in slave-like conditions. International Rights Advocates filed …

‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

This week, John and seven other Brazilian workers – all identified simply as John Doe 1-8 for fear of retaliation – filed a civil lawsuit in the US against Starbucks, …

Issue Brief: How State and Local Government Can Support Workers’ Right to Form and Join Unions

For nearly a century, the right to form and join unions has been established by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That right is imperiled by recent actions at the …

Filipino Workers Say FEMA Contractor Cheated Them On Pay

A construction company with $88 million worth of Federal Emergency Management Agency contracts recruited 17 Filipino workers, promising fair wages and free housing, but instead cheated them out of pay and …