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 / 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 / Michelle Chen
My ‘Real’ Family Values My ‘Real’ Family Values
It’s time to talk about paid sick days, maternity/paternity leave and America’s backwards family workplace values.
Jun 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Massachusetts Nannies and Housekeepers Now Protected From Long Days, Abuse, Sexual Harassment Massachusetts Nannies and Housekeepers Now Protected From Long Days, Abuse, Sexual Harassment
The legislation will establish rules on working hours, rest breaks and dealing with work-related complaints.
Jun 23, 2014 / Michelle Chen
For Women’s Office Wear, Who’s Making the Rules? For Women’s Office Wear, Who’s Making the Rules?
Professional dress was created with the male worker in mind, and the unclear guidelines facing women shows we haven’t fully accepted them in the workplace.
Jun 20, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Will President Obama Use Executive Action to Improve Working Conditions? Will President Obama Use Executive Action to Improve Working Conditions?
A new report suggests the White House could bypass Congress to improve working conditions at workplaces linked to federal programs.
Jun 20, 2014 / Michelle Chen
What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer? What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer?
After losing her seasonal position, guestworker Maria Guzman decided to stand up to her former employer.
Jun 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why Seattle’s Minimum-Wage Hike Is Good for Business and the Economy Why Seattle’s Minimum-Wage Hike Is Good for Business and the Economy
Should America be looking to Seattle for solutions to its broken economic system?
Jun 9, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Temp Nation: How Corporations Are Evading Accountability, at Workers’ Expense Temp Nation: How Corporations Are Evading Accountability, at Workers’ Expense
Fixing the regulatory regime for outsourcing requires both new modes enforcement and reforms that target corporations’ systematic evasion tactics.
Jun 6, 2014 / Michelle Chen
This Simple Fix Could Lift Hundreds of Thousands of Working Women Out of Poverty This Simple Fix Could Lift Hundreds of Thousands of Working Women Out of Poverty
How can we help to make sure that Walmart’s employees can both financially support their children and tuck them in at night?
Jun 4, 2014 / Michelle Chen