Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead

Last Friday, the National Labor Relations Board released its most important ruling in many decades. In a party-line decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, the Board ruled that when a majority of …

CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC (NLRB)

Today, the Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new framework for determining when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election.  The new framework will …

Law & Informality Insights No 8

This edition of Law & Informality Insights describes WIEGO’s strategies to articulate the working conditions of waste pickers as human rights violations and to draw to this the attention of the Inter-American Commission …

Beyond the Surface: Unpacking the Opportunity Structure for Gender Equality Bargaining in Chile

By analysing the interrelations between the regulatory framework, organisational dynamics, and gender politics, we assess the challenges for Gender Equality Bargaining (GEB) in Chile. Several factors in the political arena …

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NLRB paves way for workers to unionize without formal elections

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Friday resurrected key elements of a policy it eliminated more than 50 years ago requiring businesses that commit labor law violations to bargain …

Quickway’s Post-Unionizing Terminal Closure Unlawful, NLRB Rules

Quickway Transportation Inc. must reopen a terminal in Louisville, Ky., that the company illegally shut down in 2020 after drivers there formed a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled. …

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Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement

A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a …

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Mexico says trade deal does not apply in Grupo Mexico mine labor dispute

MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 (Reuters) – A labor dispute at Grupo Mexico’s San Martin mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, where the U.S. raised concerns over alleged worker rights abuses, does …

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Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here’s how the US could reduce their risk

Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it …

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A Leaked Memo Shows TikTok Knows It Has a Labor Problem

LAST MONTH, A court in Kenya issued a landmark ruling against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram. The US tech giant was, the court ruled, the “true employer” of the hundreds of people …