Judge Rules That Home Care Workers Are Really Just ‘Companions’ Judge Rules That Home Care Workers Are Really Just ‘Companions’
These workers have grueling jobs—but they’re still not eligible for minimum wages or overtime pay.
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Construction Jobs Are Getting Safer—but Not for Latinos Construction Jobs Are Getting Safer—but Not for Latinos
We’ve relegated Latino immigrants to the most dangerous jobs—and left them few effective ways to challenge mistreatment.
Jan 14, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent
The real tech revolution may not be in Silicon Valley but at a Nokia factory outside Chennai.
Dec 29, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
$4 Million: That’s How Much These Dim Sum Restaurant Workers Won in Back Pay $4 Million: That’s How Much These Dim Sum Restaurant Workers Won in Back Pay
280 workers organized to win a landmark settlement against one of San Francisco's most revered dim sum restaurants.
Dec 15, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How Did These Graduate Students Improve Their Working Conditions? They Went on Strike! How Did These Graduate Students Improve Their Working Conditions? They Went on Strike!
At the University of Oregon, campus organizing took on a new meaning when graduate workers went on the picket line.
Dec 12, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights
Let’s get serious about addressing erratic, constantly changing schedules that are a Holiday-season nightmare for workers.
Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart
On Black Friday, protesters across movements came together with a common demand: spend not one dime.
Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers) The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)
How do we calculate the uncompensated labor of Mexican and Central American migrants?
Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either
Twenty years after the first living-wage law was passed in Baltimore, the campaign’s lead organizer warns that the model has been watered down.
Nov 25, 2014 / Jonathan Lange
Want a Living Wage? Work at McDonald’s… in Denmark Want a Living Wage? Work at McDonald’s… in Denmark
Can global solidarity between fast-food workers help raise the bar for all of them?
Nov 19, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen