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US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FIND DENIAL OF LABOR RIGHTS IN PIEDRAS NEGRAS AT FUJIKURA AUTO PARTS PLANT

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico conduct a review based on its finding that a denial of workers’ rights has …

Federal Regulators Seek to Force Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores

Federal labor regulators accused Starbucks on Wednesday of illegally closing 23 stores to suppress organizing activity and sought to force the company to reopen them. A complaint issued by a …

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Uber may have to face lawsuit alleging race bias in driver ratings

A judge on a U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday said a lower court made a “legal error” in tossing out a lawsuit claiming Uber Technologies Inc’s policy of terminating …

Supreme Court Leans Toward Police Officer in Job Bias Case

The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Wednesday to allow a female police officer in St. Louis to sue for employment discrimination over a forced lateral transfer to another position in the …

Human Rights Group Sues to Protect African Child Laborers

A human rights advocacy group sued last week in Washington, D.C., against chocolate companies for their use of child labor on cocoa plantations in Africa. The lawsuit says companies like …

Kassim, et al v. Cargill et al

On November, 29th 2023, a lawsuit was filed in Washington DC against Cargill, Mars, and Mondelēz accusing them, inter alia, of consumer fraud and unjust enrichment related to brutal conditions …

Stringency of US Forced Labor Law Is Crucial to Its Success

For far too long, many companies have been able to hide behind opaque supply chains replete with human rights abuses. Business as usual, however, is no longer a given in …

How Uyghur Forced Labor Makes Seafood That Ends Up in School Lunches

Few workplaces are as gritty and brutal as distant-water fishing ships from China, and there are a lot of them: With as many as 6,500 ships, China today operates the world’s …

Apple Illegally Withheld Benefits From Union Workers, US Labor Board Alleges

Apple Inc. is facing charges from the federal labor board after it excluded unionized retail workers from a benefits boost last year. A National Labor Relations Board regional director lodged …

Pay Thousands to Quit Your Job? Some Employers Say So.

Before moving to the United States, Vidal had signed a contract stipulating that, if he quit or got fired within three years, he would owe A.C.S. an unspecified amount of …

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