The world’s chocolate companies depend on cocoa produced with the aid of more than 1 million West African child laborers, according to a new report sponsored by the Labor Department. The findings represent a remarkable failure by […]
“From the bottom to the top of the labor movement, union officials and workers have begun discussing how to resist President Donald Trump should he refuse a peaceful transfer of power,” writes Dan la Botz in Jacobin. “Some unions […]
“Joe Biden campaigns as a moderate, yet his labor policy is anything but,” writes Steve Delie in The Hill. “He supports the most radical rewrite of federal labor laws in US history, and American workers should be afraid. Biden’s plan is […]
Democratic senators questioned Amazon on Thursday over reports of the company’s efforts to undermine workers’ rights to unionize. …“The fact that Amazon has decided to heavily invest in systems to avoid unionization, and to refer to such […]
The WGA sent WME and CAA a proposal Friday that outlines the steps they must take in order to become franchised by the guild and end their 18-month standoff over packaging fees and agency affiliations with corporate related […]
BAFTA has pulled the curtain back on a raft of changes to its Television and Television Craft Awards that it hopes will increase diversity among nominees and winners, and reflect the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the industry. […]
The IATSE, which represents film and television crew in the entertainment industry, said Tuesday it would expand its diversity committee and hire a consultancy to improve representation in its ranks. IATSE said in a statement that it […]
SAG-AFTRA has developed a mobile app that will collect data on serial sexual abusers and allow members to report sexual harassment in the workplace. A beta version will begin limited testing with members later this month […]
The WGA West’s political action committee has endorsed Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president. The guild’s PAC joins entertainment industry unions IATSE, the American Federation of Musicians, and Actors’ Equity […]
In the complaint, the National Labor Relations Board asserts that HCL America, a subsidiary of an Indian contracting giant, illegally discouraged workers from belonging to a union, and of failing to bargain with the union in good faith. […]
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