Childcare Workers Make 40% Less Than the Nationwide Median Wage Childcare Workers Make 40% Less Than the Nationwide Median Wage
Earning hourly wages of about $10.30, many childcare workers can't afford the service they provide—and now they're joining the movement for a living wage.
Nov 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Asking for a Friend: Is It Me or Is It Capitalism? Asking for a Friend: Is It Me or Is It Capitalism?
In the first installment of our new advice column, Liza answers readers’ questions about depression and the ethics of cleaning apps.
Nov 3, 2015 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
J. Crew, Urban Outfitters, and More Just Stopped Using ‘On-Call’ Scheduling J. Crew, Urban Outfitters, and More Just Stopped Using ‘On-Call’ Scheduling
Here’s why this could be the biggest deal of the season.
Nov 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen
When Bank Workers Occupy the Banks When Bank Workers Occupy the Banks
Tellers and retail bankers not only struggle to make ends meet themselves—they’re being pushed to sell predatory financial products in the communities that can least afford them.
Oct 28, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Top CEOs Have $4.9 Billion Saved Up for Retirement. Nearly 1/3 of Workers Have Nothing. Top CEOs Have $4.9 Billion Saved Up for Retirement. Nearly 1/3 of Workers Have Nothing.
Extreme economic inequality has created an even greater disparity in savings for old age.
Oct 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
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
Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages
Across the country, adjunct professors are being exploited for profit, and many of them have had enough of it.
Oct 26, 2015 / Video / Brave New Films
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 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
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