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Voices From the Frontlines – Notes of An Airport Worker in Torrential Rain
The last several months have been wet. Really wet for what is normal for this …
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Child Labor, Dangerous Work
Last summer, the federal Department of Labor opened an investigation into Packer Sanitation Services, Inc. …
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Human Sacrifice — The Cost of Doing Business at the World Cup
Today, we often react in horror to the accounts of ancient societies that carried out …
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Frontlines: Fast Food Worker Hell
The voice of a fast food worker that faced degrading working conditions and low pay. …
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Labor Day History: The Battle of Blair Mountain
This relatively unknown piece of history of the Battle of Blair Mountain shows the heroic efforts miners took to defend themselves and challenge their exploitation. …
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“You only can slap a person so many times.” – Voices From Essential Workers
Today we are sharing an episode of This American Life: “Essential” which shares a range of voices of workers who were deemed essential during the first wave of the pandemic. …
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Supreme Court Reminds Us That The Bosses Own The Law
On June 23 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to give the farm owners the right to bar union organizers from their lands. This is nothing new, the courts have a history of cutting away at workers’ rights when they think the workers are too weak to fight back. …
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Slaughterhouse Conditions – Lethal for Animals… and Workers
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
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Videos of Townhall • COVID-19: Workers From the Frontlines
Videos from COVID-19 townhall …
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Videos From Townhall • Workers’ Lives at Risk
Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …
Other Covid-19 Articles
Is Your Grocery Delivery Worth a Worker’s Life?
Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap …
