Why Is the 2022 World Cup Being Held in a Country That Practices Modern-Day Slavery? Why Is the 2022 World Cup Being Held in a Country That Practices Modern-Day Slavery?
Migrant workers subject to the kafala system have little recourse against exploitation and abuse.
Jul 23, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Can Actually End Up Hurting Workers How ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Can Actually End Up Hurting Workers
Samsung’s moral corrective had been issued on paper, but it did not translate so well for the Chinese workers.
Jul 18, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
If Congress Won’t Raise the Minimum Wage, These Cities Will If Congress Won’t Raise the Minimum Wage, These Cities Will
Since June, San Diego and Los Angeles have passed a trio of minimum wage increases. Which city will be next?
Jul 16, 2014 / Cities Rising / Agnes Radomski and John Thomason
Is Canada’s New Anti–Sex Work Bill Unconstitutional? Is Canada’s New Anti–Sex Work Bill Unconstitutional?
The bill purports to target only those who purchase sex, but threatens to indirectly criminalize many of the services, spaces and personal interactions that would make it poss...
Jul 16, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Hobby Lobby Is Now Discriminating Against a Transgender Employee Hobby Lobby Is Now Discriminating Against a Transgender Employee
After being denied access to workplace facilities for being transgender, a Hobby Lobby employee is now pressing a discrimination case with the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Jul 14, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most
The Hobby Lobby case is more clearly aimed at women, but Harris v. Quinn may prove even more consequential for the lives of working women.
Jul 7, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Low-Wage Workers’ Newest Ally Is a Washington Bureaucrat Low-Wage Workers’ Newest Ally Is a Washington Bureaucrat
“Working people have experienced—for a long time—the diminishment of their voice,” says David Weil, the new director of the Wage and Hour Division at the De...
Jul 1, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Wage Theft, Dangerous Conditions and Discrimination: Inside New York’s Food Industry Wage Theft, Dangerous Conditions and Discrimination: Inside New York’s Food Industry
A new report reveals the vast majority of workers are immigrants and people of color who earn about $8 less than the industry average.
Jul 1, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
The Ugly Truth About Your Shrimp Cocktail The Ugly Truth About Your Shrimp Cocktail
Reports of enslavement and forced labor in Thailand’s $7.3 billion fishing-export industry reveal a clear link between illegal fishing, environmental degradation and human ri...
Jun 27, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How Connecticut’s Smart New Pension Plan Can Prevent Poverty in Retirement How Connecticut’s Smart New Pension Plan Can Prevent Poverty in Retirement
Connecticut just passed a law to begin creating a public retirement system for private-sector workers.
Jun 25, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen