Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit January 17, 2023 Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination...
Twitter Accused of ‘Sham Redundancy Process’ by UK Staff Targeted in Mass Firings January 11, 2023 By Katharine Gemmell Twitter Inc. was accused of carrying out a “sham redundancy process” and threatened with lawsuits by UK staff targeted by...
U.S. Targets Non-Compete Clauses That Block Workers From Better Jobs January 6, 2023 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to...
Starbucks Illegally Terminated Union Leader, U.S. Officials Say January 4, 2023 By Josh Eidelson US labor board prosecutors have concluded that Starbucks Corp. illegally forced out a New York barista who has been a...
Twitter Must Notify Laid-Off Workers of Pending Lawsuit, Judge Rules December 16, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a...
Judges Appear Skeptical of Fired Amazon Organizer’s Race Bias Claims November 30, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to revive claims that Amazon.com Inc. fired New York warehouse worker Christian...
Comment to Pro-Union Starbucks’ Worker Was Threat, U.S. Labor Board Alleges October 31, 2022 By Josh Eidelson Starbucks Corp. interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz made comments during an April meeting with employees that US labor officials...
Musk Denies He Is Firing Twitter Employees in Attempt to Avoid Payouts October 31, 2022 Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date...
Planned Parenthood Sued by Worker Fired After Racism Claim October 20, 2022 By Ava Benny-Morrison A Planned Parenthood Federation of America employee responsible for expanding the organization’s visibility among Black and Latinx communities claims in...
California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fast Food Workers Bill August 31, 2022 By Don Thompson California lawmakers this week approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power...