Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josie Cox is a New York-based journalist covering business and gender. Aug 28, 2025, 12:15am EDT Oxfam ranked the District of ...
(Washington, DC) – Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights, Human ...
Over the past decade, platform-based workers across the world have raised similar demands as in India — predictable incomes, ...
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. For nine decades, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has stood as the federal government’s primary guardian of ...
FIFA has been accused of blocking a workers’ rights inspection at one of the venues for the 2026 men’s World Cup. The Building and Wood Workers’ Union (BWI) says its representatives were due to assess ...
From a hot dog vendor in the United States to a girl selling vegetables in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a woman running a tea stall in Bangladesh, street vendors are an integral part of the ...
(The Contrarian) – “There’s a real inflection point this May Day,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, said about the day unions worldwide attempt to recognize workers, ...
Let’s assume that AI technologies have progressed to the point where models become near-indistinguishable from humans. In that situation, what would happen if we were to give a highly-advanced AI ...
In March 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic raging, Dan Bane, then CEO of Trader Joe’s, sent a letter to the popular grocery chain’s employees. He blamed union advocates for driving discontent among ...
As part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to remake the federal workforce, several directives have been issued to terminate recently hired employees and gut entire agencies. Many federal workers ...
New Orleans residents are heading to the polls this fall to help decide the nation’s next president. But they’ll also vote on a number of local issues, including whether to add a “Workers’ Bill of ...
In a landmark labour reform, Saudi Arabia has officially scrapped the decades-old Kafala (sponsorship) system that tied foreign workers’ employment and residency to their employers. The move, ...