South Africa: Domestic worker unions fight to be able to claim Covid-19 compensation

Cape Town – Domestic worker unions and allies have rallied against their exclusion from social protection and compensation for occupationally acquired Covid-19 claims. The SA Domestic Service and Allied Workers’ …

Tackling the Covid-19 pandemic at the workplace

“From the very first cases of infection in Wuhan, the Covid-19 pandemic has been about workplace health and safety. The virus has shone a spotlight on the inadequate protection of …

Colombia: COVID-19 Additional Bulletins

Here are additional bulletins providing information on and analyzing the situation of COVID-19 in Colombia, all are in Spanish. Boletin No. 3 – Observatorio Laboral Plataforma Boletin No. 4 – Observatorio …

LOCAL JOINT EXECUTIVE BOARD OF LAS VEGAS v. HARRAH’S LAS VEGAS LLC; THE SIGNATURE CONDOMINIUMS LLC; BELLAGIO LLC,

Here is the COMPLAINT, filed by the culinary workers union in Las Vegas, Nevada against three restaurants at major Las Vegas casinos for the failure of the employer to protect …

Fight over COVID-19 workplace rules moves to states

The battle over workplace safety rules during the coronavirus is spreading to states. Virginia this week took a major step toward creating its own set of safety rules for workplaces …

Seafarers Trapped Serving Global Supply Chains amounts to Egregious Abuse of Human Rights: States Must Fulfill their Duty to Protect

“As the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions put in place to attempt containment drag on, around 200,000 merchant seafarers are trapped aboard ships in violation of international law. Each …

The pandemic has returned migrant workers to Ukraine. Will they stay?

“Ukrainian labour keeps several European economies afloat. But after migrants returned home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyiv is now reluctant to let them depart again. When the borders open, I’ll …

Clean Slate for Worker Power: Worker Power and Voice in the Pandemic Response

“Our country is racked by two urgent crises – the COVID-19 pandemic and the plague of systemic racism, the latter of which has manifested in the continued killing of Black …

Namibia: Ban On Job Cuts Falls in Court

The government’s ban on retrechment of workers, reduction of pay and use of compulsory leave by employers to limit their labour costs during the Covid-19 state of emergency is unconstitutional …

Why Is OSHA AWOL?

“As states and municipalities relax shelter-in-place orders, the nation seems to be racing to get the economy back to something resembling the pre-pandemic era. Restaurants, malls, cinemas, day care centers …

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