Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s is galvanizing its millions of customers in a new lobbying push for tougher gun safety measures after last month’s mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. Christopher Miller, the head of global activism at the ice cream company, told CNBC in an […]
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Amazon Repeatedly Violated Union-Busting Labor Laws, ‘Historic’ NLRB Complaint Says
ANDREA RENAULT / Contributor via Getty On the Clock is Motherboard’s reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work. Managers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island illegally threatened employees with loss of benefits and withholding or reducing wages if they voted to unionize […]
Why Big Law Needs More Than New Pay Transparency Laws
Editor’s Note: In the third piece in our series on Big Law and pay equity, Erin Mulvaney reports on why new pay transparency laws alone won’t remedy compensation disparities within the legal industry. A much-anticipated law in New York City and similar measures by states may spur greater pay transparency, […]
New laws, funding will help medical clinics improve mental health care
Almost a quarter of the residents of Routt and Moffat counties use the local community health center, which is why it has tried to incorporate mental health screenings for anyone who comes in for a checkup — or even a toothache. Northwest Colorado Health, with offices in Steamboat Springs and […]
Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines over “systemic violations” of Colorado labor laws
Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines after Colorado regulators found “systemic violations” of dozens of state labor laws, including sick leave policies for workers with COVID-19. But the Dallas-based airline, which is Denver International Airport’s second-largest carrier, is firing back through a series of newly filed legal challenges, including […]
“Policing the Womb”: Law Professor Michele Goodwin on SCOTUS, Anti-Abortion Laws & the New Jane Crow
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Today, a Democracy Now! special. The Supreme Court appears poised to overturn abortion rights. Earlier this month, Politico published a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion which showed the court is set to overturn Roe v. […]
Colorado fines Southwest Airlines for alleged violations of COVID-19 labor laws
Southwest Airlines is facing $1.3 million in fines for allegedly violating Colorado’s labor laws. In a citation, the state’s department of labor and employment said it conducted a lengthy investigation, and found dozens of violations, mostly related to Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, which mandates protections for workers related […]
The Next Battleground for Gig Worker Labor Laws: Massachusetts
Less than two years after a fierce election fight in California, gig companies like Uber and Lyft are again colliding with labor groups, politicians and the courts over a ballot measure in Massachusetts that would preserve the independent status of drivers for the companies. The Massachusetts proposition would guarantee workers […]
Abortion pills are in demand but access could be limited by new laws : Shots
On the day of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a woman named Nora was at home in her one-bedroom apartment getting through a medical abortion. She’d stocked up on menstrual pads and painkillers, and steeled herself to get through a tough day. […]
How cybercrime laws are used to silence dissent in Middle East | Middle East | News and analysis of events in the Arab world | DW
The battlefield is gruesome, global and growing — cyberattacks have become a dangerous threat to governments, people and institutions all over the world. In response, around 80% of the world’s countries have implemented cybercrime legislation, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. But in some Arab countries, these […]