This Labor-Trafficking Case Exposes the Twin Cities’ Seedy Subcontracting Underbelly This Labor-Trafficking Case Exposes the Twin Cities’ Seedy Subcontracting Underbelly
Workers allege that their employer engaged in labor trafficking, theft of public funds, and insurance fraud.
Sep 28, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Too Hot for Work? Too Hot for Work?
Climate change is already worsening working conditions across the country.
Sep 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Fighting for $15 in the Twin Cities Fighting for $15 in the Twin Cities
Minneapolis recently enacted a minimum-wage bump—will St. Paul be next?
Sep 18, 2018 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
Dangerous Jobs Also Put Workers at Risk of Opioid Dependency Dangerous Jobs Also Put Workers at Risk of Opioid Dependency
A new study links jobs in construction and extraction to opioid-related deaths.
Sep 17, 2018 / Michelle Chen
China’s Workers Aren’t Fighting a Trade War—They’re Fighting a Labor War China’s Workers Aren’t Fighting a Trade War—They’re Fighting a Labor War
Bellicose pronouncements from Washington and crackdowns from Beijing aren’t stifling China’s labor movement.
Sep 4, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Why Prisoners Are Going On Strike Today Why Prisoners Are Going On Strike Today
Prisoners are striking to end prison slavery, poor living conditions, and death by incarceration.
Aug 21, 2018 / Raven Rakia
The Worst Way to Pay for Family Leave The Worst Way to Pay for Family Leave
A plan for paid family leave put forward by Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump would steal from the elderly.
Jul 19, 2018 / Michelle Chen
A #MeToo Movement for the Global Fashion Industry A #MeToo Movement for the Global Fashion Industry
The women who keep the global garment supply chain running are facing their own gender-based abuse.
Jul 17, 2018 / Michelle Chen
What Happens When Care Work Comes on Demand? What Happens When Care Work Comes on Demand?
The gig economy is disrupting domestic and care work—to workers’ detriment.
Jul 10, 2018 / Michelle Chen
New York Wants to Bar Streetcart Vendors From the World Trade Center Site New York Wants to Bar Streetcart Vendors From the World Trade Center Site
Citing security concerns, a bill before the City Council would push vendors—most of them Muslim—out of the area they depend on for their livelihood.
Jul 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen