Uber and Lyft settled a yearslong legal dispute with the attorney general in Massachusetts on Thursday, agreeing to pay their drivers in the state a minimum rate with some benefits. As …
Milwaukee Tool sued for alleged use of forced labor in Chinese prison factory
Milwaukee Tool has been sued for allegedly having work gloves made by forced labor in a Chinese prison factory under deplorable conditions which included beatings and torture. The lawsuit filed …
Replacement worker ban approved for Canada’s federal workplaces
Federally regulated workplaces will soon be banned from bringing in replacement workers during a legal strike, after the Senate passed a government bill Monday that is now set to become …
Amazon Fined $5.9 Million For Alleged Warehouse Safety Violations
California’s labor commissioner has fined Amazon $5.9 million for allegedly violating the state’s new warehouse safety law. Officials announced Tuesday that they had issued citations to the online retail giant for failing to …
In First Case of its Kind, NLRB Judge Declares Non-Compete Clause Is an Unfair Labor Practice
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Sarah Karpinen issued her decision in J.O. Mory, Inc. yesterday. The case mostly revolves around an employer firing a union organizer that became employed at the company with …
US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
he U.S. Supreme Court sided on Thursday with Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab in the coffee chain’s challenge to a judicial order to rehire seven Memphis employees fired as they sought to unionize …
Thousands of Amazon Flex drivers file for arbitration over contractor status
Thousands of Amazon.com Flex drivers classified as contractors filed arbitration claims on Tuesday, , their lawyer told Reuters, saying they should be treated as full employees. About 15,800 drivers have …
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End Legal Slavery in the United States
Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the farthest outpost in America. Many people do not realize that Emancipation did not legally end slavery …