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Another piece of essential labor journalism from Kim Kelly
kimkelly.bsky.social Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Sep 1
Trump’s treatment of Appalachia’s coal miners exemplifies his approach to labor in general: Kneecap unions whenever possible, prop up industry profits at all costs, and if a few workers die in the process, pretend it never happened.

inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead
The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.
inthesetimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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solidaritycenter.bsky.social
CONFIRMED: CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT!

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that caregiving, paid or unpaid, is essential to human dignity & must be legally recognized & protected. More on the opinion & framework for state responsibilities 👉sclinks.co/3Hs2PIX

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August 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
The @ILAW_Network celebrates the landmark advisory opinion of the @CorteIDH, announced today, which affirmed that the right to care is an autonomous human right under the American Convention. www.solidaritycenter.org/a-victory-fo...
Solidarity Center - A Victory for Workers: Inter-American Court Recognizes Care as a Human Right
In a landmark development, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has affirmed for the first time that the right to care is an autonomous human right under the American Convention on Human Rights.
www.solidaritycenter.org
August 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Volkswagen participated in one of the world’s first grand experiments in globalization half a century ago, partnering with Brazil’s authoritarian regime to develop the Amazon — and pressing poor, unwitting workers into service in the distant rainforest. wapo.st/3GQLucu
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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ruwansubasinghe.bsky.social
🚨 Hugely significant advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights affirms State obligation to protect human rights in the face of the #climatecrisis, including the rights of working people.

Great to see @ilawnetwork.bsky.social's legal brief cited by the Court.

#JustTransition
July 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
Check out the latest special issue of the @Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal (CLLPJ), dedicated to enhancing the right to strike. Articles by ILAW Network members are among those in the publication. digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/
Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal | Journals | Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca
July 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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cljeharvard.bsky.social
Check out the recent op-ed from @sharblock.bsky.social and Mass @aflcio.org's President Chrissy Lynch that unpacks why a ban on regulating AI would harm workers and how Massachusetts can establish strong state-level protections by passing the FAIR Act: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
June 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
The Inter-American Court will be issuing its advisory opinion on July 3. An important moment for the development of human rights in the context of the climate emergency. As an amicus, we are hoping the opinion develops the concept of a just transition for the workers of the Americas.
palummo.bsky.social javier palummo @palummo.bsky.social · Jun 21
🌎 The #CorteIDH has set a date to issue its Advisory Opinion on the climate emergency and human rights. This marks a milestone for the region and for strengthening inter-American standards on climate justice.
#ClimateJustice #DESCA #CorteIDH
June 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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psiglobalunion.bsky.social
🚨PSI on BBC: how unions are resisting attacks on workers in LA. Union power+solidarity helped free @seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta!

Now, on June 14th unions around world will protest Trump's militarized authoritarian power grab.

Join us: nokings.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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aflcio.org
The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @californialabor.bsky.social Vice President and @seiuca.bsky.social and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta.

aflcio.org/press/releas...
Screenshot of a press release from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond: "The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and SEIU California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta. As the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has unnecessarily targeted our hard-working immigrant brothers and sisters, David was exercising his constitutional rights and conducting legal observation of ICE activity in his community. He was doing what he has always done, and what we do in unions: putting solidarity into practice and defending our fellow workers. In response, ICE agents violently arrested him, physically injuring David in the process, and are continuing to detain him—a violation of David’s civil liberties and the freedoms this country holds dear. The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released."
June 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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uniglobalunion.org
The resolution at the #ILO today on Palestine attaining non-member state observer status is "a powerful act of solidarity and an acknowledgment of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination."

#ILC2025
Quote card reading: Today’s resolution shows a rising tide of international support for Palestinian sovereignty — a critical step toward achieving lasting peace. The ILC’s decision is a powerful act of solidarity and an acknowledgment of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, at a time when Gaza’s entire population faces starvation and Palestinians in the West Bank endure a violent expansion of Israeli settlements.”
June 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
www.ituc-csi.org/Myanmar-Hist...
Myanmar: Historic decision to hold junta accountable a ‘victory for justice, workers' rights and international solidarity'
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) welcomes a landmark decision to invoke Article 33 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) constitution against the military regime in Myanmar....
www.ituc-csi.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
FIFA has once again awarded the World Cup to a country with a long record of serious labor rights abuses of migrant workers. And again, trade unions seek leverage to ensure that labor rights are fully respected via a complaint for a commission of inquiry.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Unions from 36 countries protest over treatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia
Trade unions from 36 countries have filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation as development begins to scale up before the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
ILO: Adopt Binding Treaty to Protect ‘Gig’ Workers
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
ILO: Adopt Binding Treaty to Protect ‘Gig’ Workers
Governments and employers’ representatives at the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference should agree to a new treaty to protect “gig” workers.
www.hrw.org
June 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
Amnesty raises concern over “crackdown” on health workers; multiple detentions reported as nationwide strike continues for third day - Addis Standard
Amnesty raises concern over “crackdown” on health workers; multiple detentions reported as nationwide strike continues for third day Addis Standard News -
addisstandard.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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labourlabel.bsky.social
On Earth Day and every day
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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fedworkersunited.bsky.social
NEW: FUN is hosting an emergency organizing call this SUNDAY, to coordinate a response to the biggest attack on union rights in a generation.
March 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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psiglobalunion.bsky.social
Would you like tax dodging with your pumpkin chai latte?

New @cictar.bsky.social report exposes Starbucks' Swiss Scheme, shifting billions via a Swiss subsidiary company as workers from @seiu.org & other unions around world demand fairer wages!

👀 ➡️ publicservices.international/resources/pu...
March 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
Despite prior negotiations with FIFA and willingness from local authorities to engage, FIFA has withdrawn from commitments to allow independent inspections. Its refusal raises serious concerns about its responsibility to prevent exploitation in World Cup-related infrastructure projects.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
The ILAW Network joined over 360 orgs in signing the joint statement rejecting the European Commissions Omnibus proposal. It would unquestionably be a setback for the promotion and defense of labour rights in global supply chains. corporatejustice.org/publications...
corporatejustice.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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kimkelly.bsky.social
BREAKING: the U.S. District Court in D.C. has found that Trump’s firing of former NLRB Chair Gwynne A. Wilcox’s firing was unlawful, and ruled that she must be immediately reinstated to serve out the rest of her term as a board member.

She was appointed and confirmed to a 5-year term in 2023.
Text: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GWYNNE A. WILCOX, Plaintiff, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States and MARVIN E. KAPLAN, in his official capacity as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, Civil Action No. 25-cv-334 Judge Beryl A. Howell Defendants. ORDER Upon consideration of plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 10, defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 23, the legal memoranda in support and in opposition, and the entire record herein, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby-- ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 10, is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 23, is DENIED; it is further DECLARED that the termination of plaintiff Gwynne A. Wilcox was unlawful, in violation of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 153(a), and therefore null and void; it is further… DECLARED that plaintiff Gwynne A. Wilcox remains a member of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), having been appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate to a five-year term on September 6, 2023, and she may be removed by the President prior to expiration of her term only “upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause,” pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 153(a); it is further ORDERED that plaintiff shall continue to serve as a member of the NLRB until her term expires pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 153(a), unless she is earlier removed “upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, ” id.; it is further ORDERED that defendant Mark Kaplan, as well as his subordinates, agents, and employees, are ENJOINED, during plaintiff’s term as a member of the NLRB, from removing plaintiff from her office without cause or in any way treating plaintiff as having been removed from office, from impeding in any way her ability to fulfill her duties as a member of the NLRB, and from denying or obstructing her authority or access to any benefits or resources of her office; it is further ORDERED that defendant Mark Kaplan and his subordinates, agents, and employees provide plaintiff with access to the necessary government facilities and equipment so that she may carry out her duties during her term as a member of the NLRB; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. SO ORDERED. Date: March 6, 2025 This is a final and appealable order.
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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solidaritycenter.bsky.social
We don’t just support worker rights – we help workers turn those rights into reality.

#Solidarity
#WorkerRights
March 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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aflcio.org
BREAKING: We have filed an amended lawsuit to protect working people’s confidential information housed at DOL, HHS, and the CFPB.

We'll keep fighting DOGE’s attempts to hurt working people. They must be stopped—and we’re going back to court to do just that.
aflcio.org/press/releas...
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
ilawnetwork.bsky.social
The ILO has published its "Yellow Report" on Realizing decent work in the platform economy, in preparation for the first round of standard setting at the International Labour Conference this June.

www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
www.ilo.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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aflcio.org
We’re thrilled to share breaking news:

The AFL-CIO and @seiu.org are reuniting with a new, long-term effort to make it easier for workers to win a voice on our jobs with our unions. 

There’s power in unity!
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A photo of, from left, Rocio Sáenz, Ai-jen Poo, Liz Shuler and April Verrett at the SEIU Convention in May 2024.
January 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM