This Bill is being proposed in the California State Senate to combat wage theft in the garment sector. This Bill would require all garment workers to be paid hourly, rather …
Uber and Lyft Just Can’t Stop Flouting the Law
The ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft have long disingenuously insisted that they are not transportation companies. This is a legal strategy that, so far, has allowed them to label their legions of …
The Pitfalls of Uber and Lyft as Franchisors
Uber and Lyft are in the early stages of discussions to possibly turn many of their California drivers into employees. However, rather than become employees of the companies, the drivers …
Lawsuit: Mexican guest workers on Louisiana sugar cane farms shortchanged by Arkansas labor co.
A civil rights group has accused an Arkansas company that annually uses a federal program to supply foreign guest workers to Louisiana sugar cane farms of “rampant wage theft” since …
US: CBP Collects $575,000 from Pure Circle U.S.A. for Stevia Imports Made with Forced Labor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected $575,000 in penalties following the closure of a civil enforcement action against the importer Pure Circle U.S.A., Inc. This action is the …
OSHA is Failing to Protect Workers
On April 9, a worker at Maid-Rite Specialty Foods meatpacking plant in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, filed a complaint with OSHA, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The worker …
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Martinez-Cuevas: Reckoning with Labor Law’s Racist Roots
The Washington Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case that could have major economic effects for our most vulnerable workers while beginning to unravel one long-standing piece of our nation’s …