UK: The (Other) Major Victory for London Uber Drivers: Supreme Court Clarifies “Working Time”

“As has been widely reported, the British Supreme Court ruled today that London Uber drivers are “workers,” and not independent contractors, within the meaning of British law. Accordingly, these drivers are entitled …

Labor Law Must Include All Workers

“In January of this year, we published a comprehensive set of recommendations for reforming U.S. labor law. Although the recommendations were extensive, the theory that lay behind them was straightforward: …

Ardósia Limpa para o Poder do Trabalhador: Poder e Voz do Trabalhador na Resposta Pandêmica

“Nosso país é atormentado por duas crises urgentes - a pandemia do COVID-19 e a praga do racismo sistêmico, a última das quais se manifestou na contínua matança de negros…

Sindicatos policiais: é hora de mudar a lei e acabar com o abuso

“O assassinato de George Floyd e os eventos da semana passada exigem que reconheçamos que os sindicatos policiais abusaram do poder da negociação coletiva de maneiras indefensáveis. Estes ...

Como e por que capacitar os trabalhadores na resposta COVID-19

“Da falta de licença médica paga à escassez de leitos hospitalares, a pandemia do COVID-19 expôs problemas flagrantes em nossa infraestrutura social. Aqueles que permanecem no trabalho ...

Ardósia Limpa para o Poder dos Trabalhadores: Construindo uma Economia e Democracia Justas

A year-long Harvard University project drawing on input from U.S. and global practitioners and academics issued a report offering a package of reforms that promise to help stop the self-reinforcing …

Is New Prime a Poison Pill for Title VII?

The Supreme Court’s opinion in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira is rightly being heralded as a victory for workers. The Court, after all, has finally found a mandatory arbitration agreement that it won’t enforce. …

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