Low-wage workers

Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights

Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights

The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.

Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen

She Came to the US, Was Forced Into Indentured Servitude, and Now Faces Deportation

She Came to the US, Was Forced Into Indentured Servitude, and Now Faces Deportation She Came to the US, Was Forced Into Indentured Servitude, and Now Faces Deportation

Why won’t Immigration Services provide relief for this abused guestworker?

Oct 21, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Workers protest outside a B&H store in New York.

Workers Fight Back Against Racism, Wage Theft, Toxic Hazards, and Chronic Overwork at Brooklyn B&H Warehouse Workers Fight Back Against Racism, Wage Theft, Toxic Hazards, and Chronic Overwork at Brooklyn B&H Warehouse

The vintage retailer’s mom-and-pop branding doesn’t immunize it from the structural bias and exploitation pervading low-wage logistics work.

Oct 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Car wash workers and allies protest in Brooklyn in 2014.

The Unionization Tool Management Will Never Expect The Unionization Tool Management Will Never Expect

Members-only unions might not be as strong as regular unions, but they’re a lot easier to create in a hostile labor environment.

Oct 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Commuters on the DC Metro.

Is DC About to Pass the Best Sick Leave in the Country? Is DC About to Pass the Best Sick Leave in the Country?

A new proposal in the DC City Council would boost the district’s paid medical leave up to 16 weeks.

Oct 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Is it Time for a New New Deal?

Is it Time for a New New Deal? Is it Time for a New New Deal?

Our economy is broken. Could a universal basic income, child allowances, and worker-owned cooperatives fix it?

Sep 30, 2015 / Audio / James M. Larkin and Zach Goldhammer

Preschoolers

In America, the Poorer You Are, the Poorer Your Children Will Be In America, the Poorer You Are, the Poorer Your Children Will Be

This country’s terrible social safety net is making it impossible for working-class parents to keep up with their wealthier peers.

Sep 28, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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In America, You Can Work Hard, Play By the Rules, and Still Get Screwed In America, You Can Work Hard, Play By the Rules, and Still Get Screwed

According to Barbara Ehrenreich, being steadily employed ain’t what it used to be.

Sep 23, 2015 / Audio / Pat Tomaino, James M. Larkin, and Zach Goldhammer

Federal Service Workers Strike to Send a Message to Pope Francis

Federal Service Workers Strike to Send a Message to Pope Francis Federal Service Workers Strike to Send a Message to Pope Francis

The people staffing the building where the pope will speak want him to speak up for higher wages.

Sep 22, 2015 / George Zornick

Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little?

Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little? Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little?

These are educational professionals, and they need to be compensated like they are.

Sep 21, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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