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Tesla Gets Noticed For Racial Discriminatory Behavior And Toxicity At Workplace

Tesla Gets Noticed For Racial Discriminatory Behavior And Toxicity At Workplace

United States - Tesla isn’t having a good start into the market of electronic vehicles. In a shocking move, some 15 black former or current employees at Tesla have filed a lawsuit against the electric

McDonald’s India Launches First All-Women Drive-Thru Restaurant

McDonald’s India Launches First All-Women Drive-Thru Restaurant

India - McDonald's India has launched the first all-women drive-thru restaurant in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat. 28 women from nearby villages have been employed to run this drive-thru restaurant. The new restaurant will be operated by

Jersey Mike’s Subs fined $25K for violating labor laws

Jersey Mike’s Subs fined $25K for violating labor laws

United States - According to the U.S. Labor Department, Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems Inc. paid $24,660 in fines after inspectors discovered violations of the child labor laws at franchise locations in New Jersey and three

Izabela Sajbor’s family blames Poland’s strict abortion law for her death

Izabela Sajbor’s family blames Poland’s strict abortion law for her death

Europe - Izabela Sajbor had been aware for weeks that her long-awaited child would probably not survive. Last September, she became aware that she would probably pass away alongside it. Just 12 hours before she

Greenpeace applauds President’s initiatives to address forced labor

Greenpeace applauds President’s initiatives to address forced labor

United States - A National Security Memorandum on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Related Labor Abuses was released by President Biden. In order to address the interconnected problems of IUU fishing, forced

Assault on democratic rights and the imperialist war

Assault on democratic rights and the imperialist war

Two sides of the same process are the expansion of the US-NATO war against Russia and the tremendous assault on democratic rights, symbolized by the US Supreme Court ruling that outlawed the right to an

Full-Time Employees vs. Gig Workers: Europe’s Balancing Act

Full-Time Employees vs. Gig Workers: Europe’s Balancing Act

Europe - The European Commission suggested late last year to establish clear criteria regarding the employment status of gig workers, outlining when they should be full-timers and under what circumstances they should be considered independent.

How Amazon imported working conditions from America into Europe

How Amazon imported working conditions from America into Europe

Europe - On May 14, 2013, there was the first full-day strike at an Amazon warehouse. In total, 700 employees demonstrated in front of three locations in Germany, the company's major international market. They wanted

US workers are urging unions to become more popular

US workers are urging unions to become more popular

United States - Workers in the United States are more forceful toward their bosses than the country has seen in decades, driven to the brink by the epidemic and sparked by the anti-police violence riots

US in futile attempt to break China’s relationship with its ‘forced labour’ law

US in futile attempt to break China’s relationship with its ‘forced labour’ law

United States - The US started enforcing the 'Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act' (UFLPA) on Tuesday to stop imports from China's Xinjiang region due to 'forced labour' concerns. The Chinese government denounced this as an