- How France lobbied against Commission’s proposal on platform workers’ rights https://www.euractiv.com/section/sharing-economy/news/how-france-lobbied-against-commission-for-presumption-of-employment-for-platform-workers/ 12 comments europe
- Pope Francis champions right of workers to organize in unions https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/pope-francis-champions-right-workers-organize-unions-n1271143?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma 14 comments economy
- How The Amazon Union Drive In Alabama Is Changing Workers’ Rights Forever https://observer.com/2021/03/amazon-union-drive-alabama-bezos-net-worth/ 44 comments economy
- Here are the rights employers have to fire workers identified as Capitol Hill rioters https://finance.yahoo.com/news/employers-rights-fire-capitol-hill-trump-supporters-123151656.html 34 comments politics
- A to F+: Grading the Presidential Candidates on Their Labor Plans Worker rights are shaping up a key issue in 2020. Who has the best ideas? http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/presidential-candidates-2020-labor-plans.html 12 comments politics
- The Supreme Court Gutted Workers' Rights Last Year, And House Democrats Just Passed A Bill To Restore Them https://www.newsweek.com/mandatory-arbitration-house-bill-employment-contracts-supreme-court-1460541 62 comments politics
- Federal workers sue for the right to criticize political candidates https://abcnews.go.com/politics/federal-workers-sue-criticize-political-candidates/story?id=64950300 19 comments politics
- Buttigieg calls out tech companies for failing to recognize worker rights in new economic proposal https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/26/politics/buttigieg-tech-companies-economic-proposal/index.html 6 comments technology
- N.S. arbitrator says employer was right to fire man for masturbating in bathroom — but only because it mortified co-workers https://www.thepost.on.ca/news/canada/masturbating-in-a-bathroom-stall-at-work-is-grounds-for-firing-nova-scotia-labour-arbitrator-rules/wcm/6b4114ce-e558-459d-b84b-150ac4065c6b 3 comments nottheonion
- Reality Check: Migrant Workers Rights with Four Years to Qatar 2022 World Cup https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/02/reality-check-migrant-workers-rights-with-four-years-to-qatar-2022-world-cup/ 3 comments soccer
- Lawyers claim injured South Dakota workers may lose rights under new legislation that bars bad faith claims against insurers http://www.macon.com/news/business/article155895884.html 10 comments law
- EU should call out Bangladesh on workers' rights https://euobserver.com/opinion/133285 15 comments europe
- Do mandatory arbitration agreements and no class action clauses "gut" a worker's right to sue their employer? http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/a-court-just-gutted-your-right-to-sue-your-boss-101756.html 71 comments law
- AOC leapt into the ongoing Twitter battle between lawmakers and Amazon over workers' rights and bathroom breaks, by sharing internal company memo https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-shares-internal-amazon-memo-workers-using-bags-bathrooms-2021-3 114 comments politics
- Chile police stopped rescue workers helping dying protester: human rights watchdog https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-protests-rights/chile-police-stopped-rescue-workers-helping-dying-protester-human-rights-watchdog-iduskbn1xr00q 16 comments worldnews
- Column: Warren proposes the largest expansion of worker rights 'since the New Deal' https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-03/hiltzik-warren-labor-platform 32 comments politics
- The White House Is Weighing in on Gay Workers Rights, Alarming LGBT groups. http://fortune.com/2017/09/26/white-house-donald-trump-lgbt-zarda/ 15 comments politics
- "It's not just anti-union. It's anti-worker." NFLPA and MLBPA Join Fight Against Michigan Right-to-Work http://www.thenation.com/blog/171665/its-not-just-anti-union-its-anti-worker-nflpa-and-mlbpa-join-fight-against-michigan-righ# 56 comments politics
- Church of Scientology demands right to underpay workers http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/church-of-scientology-demands-right-to-underpay/story-fn7ki14e-1226278848377 7 comments politics
- Trumps Executive Orders roll back Civil rights, Workers rights and green lights fraud https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-executive-orders-roll-back-civil-rights-workers-rights-and-greenlight-fraud/ 12 comments politics
- 'Prostitution Not An Offence; Adult Woman Has Right To Choose Her Vocation': Bombay HC Orders Release of 3 Sex Workers From Corrective Institution https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/prostitution-not-an-offence-adult-woman-has-right-to-choose-her-vocation-bombay-hc-orders-release-of-3-sex-workers-from-corrective-institution-163518 28 comments india
- The Trump Era Begins... Government web sites referenceing climate change and LGBT workers rights flushed down the Memory Hole https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/us/politics/donald-trump-inauguration.html 4 comments politics
- French workers will be guaranteed a 'right to disconnect' to stop employees from checking their emails outside of work time http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4078274/french-workers-guaranteed-right-disconnect-stop-employees-checking-emails-outside-work-time.html 3 comments politics
- U.S. judge says funeral home had religious right to fire transgender worker http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2016/aug/18/us-judge-says-funeral-home-had-religious-right-to-fire-transgender-worker/ 57 comments politics
- Apple is facing fresh allegations of worker rights violations at Chinese factories of one of its suppliers, the Pegatron Group -- "Our investigations have shown that labour conditions at Pegatron factories are even worse than those at Foxconn factories" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23486638 17 comments worldnews
- British panel rules Uber drivers are 'workers,' have rights on wages, time off http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-britain-uber-drivers-rights-20171110-story.html 2 comments worldnews
- The Firing of This Minimum-Wage Worker Reveals Why We Need More Labor Reporting. In “right to work” states like Arkansas, the media is one of the few institutions with the strength to hold abusive employers accountable. http://www.thenation.com/article/203377/firing-minimum-wage-worker-reveals-why-we-need-more-labor-reporting 26 comments politics
- Booker T on AEW's recent signee Jay Lethal: "I’ll tell you right now, there ain’t nobody better than Jay Lethal, the guy can go out and work with anybody in the world. That right there is the mark of a true worker." https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/11/booker-t-reacts-to-jay-lethal-signing-with-aew-at-full-gear/ 116 comments squaredcircle
- Trump selling Pride shirts is a grotesque insult to the LGBTQ community. Just today, he proposed allowing healthcare workers the right to deny LGBTQ services. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/trump-selling-pride-shirts/ 358 comments politics
- I Used to Work for Google. I Am a Conscientious Objector. - American companies continue to build surveillance tools that are used to violate human rights. Workers who refuse to comply deserve protections. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/google-privacy-china.html 19 comments technology
- Spouses of Indian and Chinese tech workers could be stripped of right to work in U.S. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-h1b-visa-spouses-20180201-story.html 34 comments politics
- Class War: 1%-ers fight against the 99%-ers for rights to universal education, worker rights, unimpeded right to vote, and rights to a clean environment http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/05/class-war/#more-54312 26 comments worldnews
- Mother Fool's stands in solidarity with the public sector workers of Wisconsin in their fight to preserve their right to collective bargaining. Donate to give free coffee to anyone who is on their way up to the capitol to demonstrate. http://motherfools.com/news.php?uri=news 3 comments politics
- Generations of workers toiled in terrible conditions for us to have the labor rights we enjoy today. Know your rights and use them. http://ptlia.com/forms/main/default.aspx?l=en-us&p=laborrights 6 comments politics
- Calling for higher wages and the right to unionize, fast food workers took to the streets in a series of rallies held throughout New York state http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/29/workers-nyc-strike/2597799/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+usatoday-newstopstories+%28news+-+top+stories%29 53 comments politics
- "The average worker — unionized or not — in a right-to-work state earns $1,500 less per year than a similar worker in a state without such a law" http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/michigan-enacts-right-to-work-law-dealing-blow-to-unions/2012/12/11/bb9f8e5a-43ad-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?hpid=z3 707 comments politics
- Romney to a room of workers: "You guys are great to get up at - what time is it here, 9 o'clock in the morning in Florence?" Romney said. "Gosh, this is a work day, right?" .......it's Tuesday. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/17/1055633/-mitt-romney:-gosh,-people-get-up-early-and-work-on-tuesday 9 comments politics
- April Fools, Walker! CHICAGO, April 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. district court judge has ruled states cannot pass laws that limit private-sector workers' rights to negotiate job terms. http://www.upi.com/business_news/2011/04/01/federal-rights-for-state-workers-upheld/upi-89341301678150/ 18 comments politics
- Just out of Saudi Arabia: Secretly recorded footage showing the moment Saudi police storms a girls orphanage in Khamis Mushait to punish striking female employees, who had previously demanded their worker rights & rights within society. https://statefirstnews.com/2022/08/30/update-today-just-out-of-saudi-arabiasecretly-recorded-footage-showing-the-moment-saudi-police-storms-a-girls-orphanage-in-khamis-mushait-to-punish-striking-female-employees-who-had-previously-d/ 25 comments worldnews
- Thai officials to seek talks with US on loss of trade privileges - The US announced Friday it was suspending $1.3bn in trade preferences for Thailand because of poor worker rights record. https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/thai-officials-seek-talks-loss-trade-privileges-191028120101015.html 9 comments worldnews