labor laws
Amazon Repeatedly Violated Union-Busting Labor Laws, ‘Historic’ NLRB Complaint Says
Managers threatened, cajoled, or promised additional benefits to workers if they voted against the union, according to the NLRB. The complaint challenges the practice of captive audience meetings, a longstanding union-busting tradition.
Republicans want to restrict cities from creating their own labor laws
The fight for a higher minimum wage and paid sick leave has been gaining traction in progressive cities across the U.S. - but some conservative state legislatures, such as Minnesota’s, have found a way to rein in cities progressive impulse.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
This morning, the Trump campaign accepts that Obama is actually a US citizen, labor law protestors clash with police in Paris, and the Fed has recalled 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7s due to explosions.
As More Work Moves Online, The Threat of 'Digital Sweatshops' Looms
For some in developing countries, virtual assembly lines of data entry have parallels with bricks-and-mortar factories.
Bangladeshi Sweatshops Continue to Imperil Workers’ Lives
In 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed, killing more than 1,100 Bangladeshi workers. Despite the news coverage, sweatshops aren't much better today.
The Women Working in NYC's Nail Salons Are Treated More Terribly Than You Can Imagine
We talked to the "New York Times" reporter who spent a year investigating the true cost of manicures in New York.
Why Won't Japanese Workers Go on Vacation?
A culture of overwork is worrying government officials, who are on the brink of forcing the country's workaholics to chill out before they die from overwork.
Slaves of Happiness Island
What's often lost in the reporting of foreign labor in the United Arab Emirates are of the workers themselves.
Bolivia Passed a Law Allowing Ten-Year-Olds to Work
For the 850,000 kids there who already work, the law is a huge victory: Children, just like adults, will now be entitled to a minimum wage, and they'll have full protection under the law. Of course, the dangers are obvious, too. Did Bolivia just create...