#labor violations

[eternal-jobhunter]

friendly reminder it is illegal in the united states for an employer to ask for a photo with your application unless the job is reliant on your appearance, such as acting or modeling

[themfacesbelovely]

They arrested the company cat for labor crimes

[alanshemper]

bloomberg link is paywalled, but good to see NLRB prosecutors doing their jobs

[plottingalong]

if you were a 19-20th century labour violation, what would you be?

radium girls

civil war drummer boy

triangle shirtwaist factory

newsies

small child in coal mine

chimney sweep

glassworker

railroad workers

whatever oliver twist was up to

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

[lamajaoscura]

Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say

heard the warning sirens and wanted to

[lamajaoscura]

Detained immigrants were paid candy or $1 a day for labor. They’re owed $17 million, a jury says.

Goodluck Nwauzor’s attorneys called the jury’s award “precedent-setting,” while labor experts said it could have wider implications.

[14kgoldupgraded]

Revealed: Amazon employees are left to suffer after workplace injuries

Amazon made its CEO is the wealthiest person in the world. So why can’t the company care for those injured while working there?

A Guardian investigation has revealed numerous cases where Amazon workers are left to suffer after sustaining workplace injuries, leaving them unable to work, deprived of income, and forced to fight for months[/years] to receive benefits and medical care.

“It’s been a long 17 months. I ended up losing everything. I lost my apartment. I had to move back home to New Jersey,” Quinones told the Guardian.

[...] In April 2017, Amazon’s workers’ compensation insurer, Sedgwick, even hired a private investigator who conducted surveillance on Quinones to try to disprove her injury claims. A Sedgwick document provided to the Guardian cited the company authorized an assignment requesting two days of surveillance on Quinones in February 2018 to “determine her activity level.”

[...] Amazon was listed on the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s “dirty dozen” list of most dangerous places to work in the United States in April 2018 due to the company’s pattern of unsafe working conditions.

[queendeleona]

This isn’t the first time certification programs have been called to task for failing to protect workers.