Uber’s lawsuit challenging NYC’s cap on new vehicles is dismissed

Uber’s lawsuit challenging New York City’s first-in-the-nation law capping the number of ride-hail drivers that operate on its streets has been dismissed. The law, which went into effect August 2018, paused the …

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City Council passes bill to extend labor protections for domestic workers

The new legislation requires employers to provide the city’s approximately 16,000 domestic workers — including home health aides, nannies and housekeepers — with a written contract that lays out duties, …

Drain company owner convicted of manslaughter in South End trench collapse

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today convicted the owner of a drain pipe company of manslaughter in connection with the drowning of two workers in a South End trench collapse …

The Uber/Lyft Ballot Initiative Guarantees only $5.64 an Hour

Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have unveiled their ballot initiative to undo historic worker protections enshrined in AB5, California’s new law that tightens the criteria for worker classification. The initiative claims …

Unprecedented: The Trump NLRB’s attack on workers’ rights

Under the Trump administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has systematically rolled back workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers, to the detriment …

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California’s workplace sexual harassment laws strengthened

Gov. Gavin Newsom took action Thursday to strengthen California’s workplace protection laws related to sexual harassment, signing bills that were vetoed by his predecessor last year. The new laws will …

Protecting migrant construction workers: What can we learn from China, EU, US and Latin America?

This is the third in a series of papers addressing the issue of late, partial or non-payment of wages to migrant construction workers. Our work has a specific focus on …

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Empresa que faz pijamas da Costco serem denunciados por trabalho forçado

A Alfândega e Proteção de Fronteiras dos EUA, em 1º de outubro, recebeu ordens raras de detenção de mercadorias importadas de cinco países sem precedentes em um dia, com base em alegações de que as pessoas que produzem esses…

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Os trabalhadores do Google que votaram para se unir em Pittsburgh fazem parte da enorme força de trabalho de contratantes da Tech

Na terça-feira à tarde, um grupo de profissionais de tecnologia em Pittsburgh que trabalham no Google - mas não no Google - votou para formar um sindicato. É provavelmente a primeira vez que trabalhadores de colarinho branco na tecnologia ...

Newsom assina projeto de lei que reescreve as leis trabalhistas da Califórnia, limitando o uso de contratados independentes

As empresas da Califórnia logo enfrentarão novos limites no uso de contratados independentes, sob uma proposta observada de perto e assinada em lei pelo governador Gavin Newsom na quarta-feira, uma decisão elogiada…

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