$1,000 for a Dead Family Member—Is That Justice for Bangladesh’s Garment Workers? $1,000 for a Dead Family Member—Is That Justice for Bangladesh’s Garment Workers?
While Bangladesh prosecutes culprits of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, victims’ families and other factory workers continue to suffer at the bottom of the industrial productio...
Jun 3, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty
Bad retail jobs compound the deeper economic and social barriers that disproportionately affect blacks and Latinos.
Jun 2, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us
How workplace surveillance has become a menace to health and safety.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Jessica Bruder
This Will Make You Think Twice About Downing That Pint of Ben & Jerry’s in One Sitting This Will Make You Think Twice About Downing That Pint of Ben & Jerry’s in One Sitting
The socially-minded brand has ignored the demands of migrant workers in its supply chain.
May 27, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last
The fatal fire at a Philippines shoe factory exposes the ills of global free trade.
May 26, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
LA’s Minimum Wage Workers Just Won $15 an Hour—How Many Will Actually Be Paid That? LA’s Minimum Wage Workers Just Won $15 an Hour—How Many Will Actually Be Paid That?
Los Angeles wage increase has huge implications for the city’s workers and the nationwide Fight for 15 movement.
May 22, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh’s Workers Still at Risk? Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh’s Workers Still at Risk?
Labor standards are improving in this impoverished country, but workers must have a voice if these changes are to be sustainable.
May 22, 2015 / Amy Yee
‘Jimmy From the Block’ Just Beat the Billionaires ‘Jimmy From the Block’ Just Beat the Billionaires
Nominated for mayor of Philadelphia, a progressive teaches a lesson about coalition politics.
May 20, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Bosses Are Turning Poverty-Wage Workers Into ‘Managers’—and Barring Them From Overtime in the Process Bosses Are Turning Poverty-Wage Workers Into ‘Managers’—and Barring Them From Overtime in the Process
Employers exploit legal loopholes to keep poverty-wage workers from earning overtime wages.
May 18, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
90 Percent of the Over 10,000 Chemicals in Nail Products Haven’t Been Evaluated For Safety 90 Percent of the Over 10,000 Chemicals in Nail Products Haven’t Been Evaluated For Safety
Focusing too much on regulating retail workplaces and safety practices could let the products industry off the hook.
May 15, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen