workers' rights
Coverage of workers' rights in the Nexus archive.
- Namibia: Mineworker Underscores Media's Crucial Role ...Reflects On 40-Year Journey
Poco-Key Mberiuana, president of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), emphasizes the media's crucial role in advancing workers' rights. The article reflects on a 40-year journey of the union.
- May Day ralliers protest outside ICE detention facility in downtown Los Angeles
Thousands protested outside an ICE detention facility in downtown Los Angeles during May Day rallies for workers' rights. The event was reported by CBS News Los Angeles reporter Luzdelia Caballero.
- May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers
The article discusses how companies' massive investments in AI are reshaping the labor rights struggle, framing it as a battle over workers' right to employment. It highlights the tension between technological advancement and job security in the modern economy.
- ‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds
Billion-dollar tech platforms are lobbying to deregulate the 'Uber for nursing' industry to expand gig work in healthcare, according to a report by the AI Now Institute. The report highlights the use of AI in staffing healthcare facilities while warning that gig work compromises workers' rights, protections, and pay.