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Tonia Novitz

@tnovitz.bsky.social
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Bristol, UK. Researching and writing on work, migration, collective voice, trade and sustainability. Recent book: Trade, Labour and Sustainable Development: Leaving No One in the World of Work Behind (EE 2024)

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Luke Graham @lukedgraham.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Here at the University of Manchester, we are hiring a Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law. The deadline for applications is 4th April and more details are available at www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF882/l...
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Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law at The University of Manchester
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.24 ♀️ #IWD2025 #ExtractiveIndustries threaten land and lives in the Amazon. But #Indigenous women are not just resisting destruction — they are transforming political systems and shaping the future of environmental democratic governance, writes Camila Montero bit.ly/4kDNcNc
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🌈 Indigenous women defending land and democracy in the Amazon rainforest
Across the Amazon, Indigenous women are at the forefront of the fight for democracy, environmental justice, and human rights. In a world where extractive industries threaten their land and lives, they...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 11/03/2025
NEW: Trump announces even higher tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, in response to Ontario electricity surcharge. Will be imposed from Wednesday.
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This looks like a great opportunity for the right candidate!
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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper’s cruel change means refugees fleeing conflict, torture and human rights abuses, and who’ve long been granted protection and the right to live and work in the UK, will no longer be able to become British citizens.
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The Observer view: Change to UK citizenship rule is cruel and misjudged | Observer editorial
The government’s attempt to court Reform voters by penalising asylum seekers who arrive by the wrong route could backfire
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The History and Political Economy Project @hpe-project.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Co-hosted by our friends at BU's @gdp-center.bsky.social. Register here! gdpcenter.org/HPE-Webinar-1
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Can Institutional Reforms be Made Meaningful?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Can Institutional Reforms be Made Meaningful?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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The History and Political Economy Project @hpe-project.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Next Friday! Join us as we launch our Histories and Futures of Global Governance initiative to bring policy reform advocates and historians into conversation. First webinar: Feb 21 at 12pm EST with Adriana Abdenur, Richard Kozul-Wright, @jamiemartin2.bsky.social, and @quinnslobodian.com.
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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
EU Commission Issues Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices Under EU AI Act www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eu-commis… #AI
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EU Commission Issues Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices Under EU AI Act | JD Supra
On February 4, 2025, the European Commission (EC) issued draft guidelines clarifying the AI practices that are prohibited under the European Union’s...
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Thousands of Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee drivers are to strike today from 4pm, demanding better pay, rights and safety measures in response to worsening conditions that are requiring them to spend dramatically more time on the road to earn a living www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘It’s hard to survive’: why UK private hire drivers are striking on Valentine’s Day
About 200 drivers got in touch with the Guardian to share their views on the industrial action
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
You might have missed it, but Amazon warehouse workers in Raleigh, NC are voting this week on whether to form a union. If they win, they'll be the first unionized Amazon facility in the South. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Horrific. Reporters are beginning to collect the names of specific people that Musk and Trump have killed by abruptly terminating USAID—in this case Pe Kha Lau, a Burmese woman living in Thailand
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Top tip. Don’t have insomnia in the middle of a coup. An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments. It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
For the last four years, Jennifer Abruzzo vigorously defended workers' rights and cracked down on union-busters as General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board. She was one of the strongest pro-worker voices in the federal government. Trump just fired her.
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The most important protector of workers' rights you've never heard of
Listen now | Why Jennifer Abruzzo is critical
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/01/2025
New opinion poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join US
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New opinion poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join US
Despite Donald Trump claiming the island’s population ‘want to be with us’, Greenlanders overwhelmingly rejected the idea A new opinion poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want their island to become a part of the United States, after Donald Trump…
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/01/2025
Trump’s decision to halt virtually all federal grants and loans is a blatant assault on our constitutional system, and today we are seeing the ways it will inflict severe harm on the American people.
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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Awful situation across the University sector 🥲 qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
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UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 14/01/2025
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/12/2024
Did you see this experiment my colleague Kristina conducted not just at my university but *in my department*? She and the male instructor assumed eachothers’ names for an online course: and the difference in feedback they received was horrifying.
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Student Evaluations Can’t Be Used to Assess Professors. They’re Discriminatory.
And that means they’re illegal.
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Victoria Anderson-McCann @vandersonmccann.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Want a chance to moot at the UK Supreme Court? Are you an undergraduate, postgraduate or legal apprentice? Do you want to help improve social mobility in the legal profession? Apply by 3 Jan to be a Moot Mentor in BVL's Mooting Competition. Details here: www.bvl.org.uk/mooting-comp... Pls share
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
For International Migrants' Day, a great short film from the Voice of Domestic Workers demonstrating how 2012 changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker visa expose workers to abuse and exploitation. Without renewal possibilities, it is very difficult to change employer. www.youtube.com/shorts/yRD0o...
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A Short Story about The Voice of Domestic Workers, for International Migrants Day 2024
YouTube video by Tassia Kobylinska
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Amazon to settle a group claim from delivery drivers that it deprived them of thousands of pounds - article states this is 'based on the argument that drivers’ working conditions are dictated by Amazon' - not completely clear but seems to relate to worker status www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Amazon to settle dispute with delivery drivers over claims worth potential £140m
Exclusive: UK lawyers said in tribunal self-employed drivers owed because retailer dictated their working conditions
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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New Post, discussing Minister of Labour's recent intervention in Canada Post labour dispute: "Feds Dust Off Section 107 again at Canada Post, But With a Twist" lawofwork.ca/feds-dust-of... Bill Kaplan appointed special investigator, CIRB tasked with deciding if deal possible. 1/2
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Amanda Reilly @amandareillyinnz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
An interesting case- even though the government has put the brakes on NZ having modern slavery reporting or a due diligence in supply chains obligation, the Court of Appeal is upholding a bank's right to close the accounts of a cult associated with forced child labour www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Court of Appeal clears way for BNZ to close Gloriavale's bank accounts
The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for BNZ to close Gloriavale's bank accounts after successfully appealing an injunction preventing the closures.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Update: Member States' representatives are due to sign off on the EU negotiation position on a youth experience scheme treaty with the UK tomorrow. Text still not public.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 08/12/2024
Since Monday, the ICJ has been holding hearings in what has been described as “the world’s biggest legal case” 🌐⚖️ We spoke with Tejas Rao, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, and Markus Gehring about what the landmark ICJ climate hearings are all about. verfassungsblog.de/the-advisory...
The Advisory Opinion could reshape global climate governance
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
EU and Mercosur agree free trade agreement: ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Qs and As: ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Still needs to go through ratification process, of course
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EU and Mercosur reach political agreement on groundbreaking partnership
Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and her counterparts from four Mercosur countries finalised negotiations for a groundbreaking EU-Mercosur partnership agreement
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
In case you missed it, a Wisconsin judge this week struck down former Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law. The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights. This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.
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Dane County judge strikes down Act 10, restoring public employee union bargaining rights
Public employee collective bargaining rights have been restored by a Dane County judge, who ruled that several sections of Wisconsin's controversial law known as Act 10 are unconstitutional.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Another bummer for 2024. No legally binding treaty to cut plastic production. The opposition came from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and fossil-fuel allies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nations Fail to Agree Curbs on Plastic as UN Plans Future Talks
About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The arbitration process in this EU/UK dispute is now underway. Some details 1/
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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
More on the strange move by Canada Post to pretend that striking employees are really “laid off”. Ask this budding labor law students: Can a worker have a legal status of being BOTH on strike AND laid-off at the same time? www.thestar.com/business/can...
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Canada Post confirms it is laying off striking workers, union accuses management of ‘scare tactic’
Management said "a limited number of employees" have been impacted and employees who "have been laid off have been contacted directly."
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Jason Braier @jasonbraier.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Another employment lawyer taking the Times Lawyer of the Week spot. This time Ann Rooney of Thompsons following last week’s PCSU success on reliance on the Contracts (Third Party Rights) Act to enforce check-off arrangements. www.thetimes.com/article/49ce...
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Ann Rooney on acting for a union over direct payment of dues
Ann Rooney, a lawyer at Thompsons Solicitors, successfully acted for the Public and Commercial Services union in a Supreme Court case against three government departments that stopped workers paying
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
EU discrimination law - summary of how Member States' national laws address intersectional discrimination - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/11/2024
Spain said it could give residency and work permits to about 900,000 undocumented migrants in the country over the next three years to help address a growing need for workers, even as other European countries embrace tougher stances on immigration.
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Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
The government said new rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in the labor market.
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The PCS union has won a Supreme Court case against government depts that withdrew the check-off facility, which allowed union members to have dues deducted from their salary by their employer, described as 'a naked attempt by the coalition govt to bankrupt our union' www.ier.org.uk/news/pcs-win...
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PCS wins historic battle against government departments in the Supreme Court - IER
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Spain to grant residency and work permits to around 300,000 undocumented migrants per year for next three years, allowing registration either as self-employed or salaried workers, and providing them with additional labour rights guarantees www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Spain to legalise around 300,000 undocumented migrants per year
The policy will come into effect next May and aims to expand the country’s aging workforce. #EuropeNews
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
On agenda of EU Member States' representatives next Wed - agreement on revised EU law on smuggling of migrants, extension of Schengen to Romania/Bulgaria - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document... - texts not available yet - would need formal sign-off by ministers, Euro Parliament for smuggling law
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Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My first substantive post on Bluesky! The deadline for abstracts for the Socio-Legal Studies Association annual conference (15-17 April 2025) at Liverpool Law School is *18 December*. A fantastic opportunity to share one's research slsauk.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
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NPR @npr.org · 18/11/2024
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Graph showing poverty levels including child poverty reaching 36%
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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 15/11/2024
🚨job alert🚨 Queen's University (Canada) is hiring for an Assistant or Associate Professor who will focus on the intersection of labour and employment law and emerging technologies, and the future of work, and serve as Director of the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
On next week's big CJEU hearing on LGBT rights - the Commission (joined by 16 Member States and the European Parliament) is suing Hungary for banning/restricting LGBT media content - in front of the Full Court of the CJEU (which rarely sits) - www.linkedin.com/posts/reclai...
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RECLAIM on LinkedIn: #lgbtiqrights #cjeu #eulaw #autocratsplaybook #putin #georgia
🔴 𝗨𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 ⚖️ Why this case matters and…
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Kalayaan, a brilliant charity providing advice, support and advocacy to migrant domestic workers, for which I am proud to be a trustee, is recruiting for a new Community Engagement Lead - deadline 5pm on Thursday 5th December. Please share widely! www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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Current Vacancies | Kalayaan
Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.
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Joyce De Coninck @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The book is out as of today! 😱😱😱
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Ralph Darlington @ralphdarlington.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
‘Woman Worker’ edited by Mary MacArthur, paper of the National Federation of Women Workers - an all-female trade union organisation that made determined efforts to utilise strike action as the chief means of organising women workers
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 15/11/2024
Sign up to our new email list so you never miss a Led By Donkeys intervention >> www.ledbydonkeys.org/signup/
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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Heart-breaking photo essay on women’s lives in Afghanistan: “their hearts are tightened not only by the weight of repression but by the indifference of a world that seems to have forgotten them. Their stories deserve to be heard.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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How the Taliban are erasing Afghanistan’s women – photo essay
The journalist Mélissa Cornet and the photographer Kiana Hayeri met more than 100 Afghan girls and women in seven provinces, and found resistance and defiance but also despair
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National Labor Relations Board @nlrbgov.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Today, the Board ruled that, going forward, an employer will violate the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees to attend “captive-audience” meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization under threat of discipline or discharge. www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
Red text over a white background reads, "Board Rules Captive-Audience Meetings Unlawful." Next to the text is a photo of five employees seated listening to their boss give a presentation.
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