Supreme Court of Canada Rules Against Uber in $400M Class Action, Delivers Historic Win for Employees

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a historical decision on a class action lawsuit against Uber that preserves employee rights across the country. The court found that, in the case …

Abogados internacionales piden a SCJN rechazar amparos contra Reforma Laboral

En la víspera de la entrada en vigor del Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC), abogados internacionales pidieron a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) …

ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021

Fiji has become the second country to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)  , after Uruguay  did so on 12 June . With the deposit of this second ratification, the …

El Senado aprobó la ratificación de un Convenio de la OIT contra el acoso laboral

Sin la presencia de la oposición, el Senado aprobó y giró a la Cámara de Diputados este miércoles un proyecto impulsado por el Poder Ejecutivo que ratifica el Convenio 190 de …

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 …

CASO GUZMÁN ALBARRACÍN Y OTRAS VS. ECUADOR SENTENCIA DE 24 DE JUNIO DE 2020 (Fondo, Reparaciones y Costas)

El 7 de febrero de 2019 la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (en adelante también “la Comisión Interamericana” o “la Comisión”) sometió a la jurisdicción de la Corte el caso …

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 …

June 2020: ILAW Amicus Brief Concerning the Amparos Against Mexican Labor Law Reforms

ILAW Press Release Jun 23 2020 EN y ES (English and Spanish) ILAW Memorial Amicus Reforma Laboral ES FINAL 2020 06 22 (Spanish version) ILAW Memorial Amicus Labor Reform EN …

Uber, Lyft algorithms charged users more for trips to non-white neighborhoods

“A recent study suggests that the algorithm used by popular ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft may actually discriminate against customers seeking transportation in predominantly non-white neighborhoods. Aylin Caliskan and Akshat Pandey at George …

With ‘Systemic Violations’ of Worker Rights, US Comes in Dead Last in Labor Rankings of Wealthy Nations

The International Trade Union Confederation’s world map showing its rankings of the best and worst countries for working people includes a noticeable difference between the U.S. and other wealthy countries. Dark …

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