Jun. 10—State and federal labor officials as well as human rights advocates will come together Friday to offer a wage theft legal clinic. The Albuquerque event is free and open to all workers, and ...

Despite Amazon’s claims that providing “safe, healthy and fair” working conditions is a prerequisite for any entity it conducts business with, deficiencies in the Everything Store’s due diligence ...

A traveling carnival business owner in Texas is the latest to be accused of labor exploitation amid a surge in calls for worker protection reforms and child labor violations across the nation. Angel ...

For the first time in decades, the United States is experiencing a labor boom. From Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to the Teamsters to the United Auto Workers ...

Alejandro thought that driving full-time for Uber offered freedom — flexible hours, quick cash, and time to care for his young son. But that promise faded fast. “There are hours when I make $20,” he ...

If they haven’t already, many Australians will soon head off for summer holidays. But behind every smooth check-in, cocktail ...

President Trump is now promoting $5-million “gold card” tickets to U.S. citizenship for wealthy foreigners, with no obligation to create good jobs for Americans. Many immigrants, meanwhile, face ...

Protests and unrest over worker treatment have plagued the garment industry in Bangladesh in recent years, and a new report found that many of those workers-including children-have experienced ...

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The New Zealand Public Service Commission released a report on February 27 into the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) scheme, which was initiated last year following a series of scandals about the ...