Stories Tagged as
Workers rights
Behind the catwalk: how models are recruited and signed to exploitative contracts
Feb 13, 2024
What is being done to protect models and hold agencies accountable?
U.S. workers are filing more unfair labor practice complaints
by
Henry Epp
Apr 11, 2023
The rise coincides with an increase in union organizing.
They cleaned the U.S.' largest coal ash spill; many have died waiting for compensation
by
Lily Jamali
Sep 26, 2022
Coal ash contains a slew of toxic elements. The Tennessee Supreme Court is weighing the latest effort to block the workers’ cases.
New report shines a light on the deaths of rideshare drivers in the gig economy
Apr 20, 2022
Because they are not considered employees, gig workers and their families often have fewer financial protections when they are hurt killed on the job.
How big a year for the labor movement was 2021?
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
Nov 24, 2021
An online geographic tracker from Cornell shows there were dozens of strikes that didn't make it into national headlines or government data.
Negotiating during the Great Resignation
by
David Brancaccio
and Erika Soderstrom
Nov 11, 2021
While openings are more abundant lately, consultant Amii Barnard-Bahn argues for improving the terms of your job rather than leaving it.
Farm country frets over impact of John Deere strike
Oct 14, 2021
More than 10,000 workers are on strike after they rejected a deal on wages and benefits.
For public good, not for profit.
Is a new labor movement brewing?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Oct 1, 2021
AFL-CIO President Elizabeth Shuler advocates a revitalized labor movement that expands high-quality jobs and reduces inequality.
NYC passes new protections for delivery app workers
Sep 23, 2021
DoorDash opposed the measures, which set standards for delivery distances and minimum payments per order.