ILAW Network Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court

The ILAW Network submitted an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court concerning the right of trade unions to access rural workers employed on private farms. The brief provides a …

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Avanzamos en las leyes, pero falta cambiar la cultura laboral en equidad de género

A más de año y medio de que entró en vigor la reforma laboral, en la que se incluyeron cambios en materia de libertad sindical y contratación colectiva, se sumaron …

Swyear Amusements, Inc. and Comite De Apoyo A Los Trabajadores Agricolas (CATA).

Judgement of the NLRB on wage theft case in favor of migrant workers: BDO.01-CA-130018.Swyear conformed

PROPOSITION 22: A VOTE ON GIG WORKER STATUS IN CALIFORNIA

“In the shadow of the 2020 United States Presidential election, an important vote was also taking place about the employment status of gig workers. In 2019, the California Legislature had …

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Threats of deportation prevent workers from speaking out against workplace conditions

After a liquid nitrogen leak last month at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Georgia, killed six workers and injured a dozen others, representatives from the Foundation Food Group are …

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Immigrant Workers Win Payout For Illegal Union Recognition

A carnival company must pay more than $383,000 in back pay after it forced a union on immigrant workers and struck a collective bargaining agreement that paid the employees lower …

Brazil mining giant agrees to pay $7bn for collapse that killed 272 people

The Brazilian mining giant Vale has agreed to pay $7bn compensation for a deadly dam collapse that killed 272 people. The Brumadinho disaster, on 25 January 2019, is considered one of …

California Supreme Court throws out challenge to Prop. 22

The California Supreme Court threw out a constitutional challenge to Proposition 22, clearing the path for the voter-approved law allowing gig companies to keep treating their workers as independent contractors. …

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Bangladesh Garment Makers Settle With Sears Over $40 Million In Canceled Orders

Bangladeshi garment suppliers—battered by the pandemic and the unethical business practices of Western clothing giants—have settled with one of their biggest tormentors: Sears. The crumbling retailer left its manufacturers with stacks of its …

In Cedar Point, Will the Supreme Court Rewrite the Fifth Amendment?

“This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a case, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, challenging a forty-five year old California regulation that gives union organizers limited access to growers’ private property to …

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