Coal Miners Fought For Better Safety Standards. A Federal Appeals Court Is Letting the Industry Off the Hook

After years of lobbying, MSHA issued a new rule in April 2024 that told mine operators what they must do to further protect workers from silica exposure, and gave them until …

SpaceX Keeps Labor Board Case Frozen With Fifth Circuit Win

SpaceX and two other companies can keep their court orders freezing unfair labor practice cases as they litigate their constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeals …

SiriusXM Sued for Alleged AI Hiring Bias

A job applicant is suing SiriusXM Radio in federal court, claiming that the company’s use of AI hiring technology discriminated against him on the basis of race. The suit, filed on …

Split 8th Circ. Revives Minn. Suit Over Union Leave

The Eighth Circuit on Monday revived a First Amendment challenge to a Minnesota school district policy that allows teachers to take paid leave to work for their union, saying the …

6th Circ. Bucks EEOC With Strict View On Client Harassment

An employer can only be held liable for a customer’s harassment of an employee if the company intended for the misconduct to happen, the Sixth Circuit ruled, a strict stance …

Bankrupting Labor Power

Corporations use bankruptcy to undermine worker collective power. For example, corporations can run to bankruptcy court to shed collective bargaining agreements and class action torts judgments such as sexual harassment …

OPINIÓN CONSULTIVA OC-31/25: EL CONTENIDO Y EL ALCANCE DEL DERECHO AL CUIDADO Y SU INTERRELACIÓN CON OTROS DERECHOS

En la Opinión Consultiva (OC-31/25), la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ha reconocido el derecho a la atención como un derecho humano autónomo en virtud de la Convención Americana sobre …

ILAW Statement / A Victory for Workers: Inter-American Court Recognizes Care as a Human Right

In a landmark development, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has affirmed for the first time that the right to care is an autonomous human right under the American Convention …

Ikea Settles Age Discrimination Suits Brought by Older Workers

Ikea Holding US Inc. and Ikea US Retail LLC settled several lawsuits alleging the retail giant discriminated against older employees. Five cases were dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday after the …

No market for abuse: how import bans fight back against forced labour

Coffee. Gloves. Smartphones. Solar panels. Seafood. So much of what we consume comes from sprawling global supply chains tainted by forced labour. This abhorrent practice endures because it pays. Companies …