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Labor Rights

Business

Hard Bargain

How Amazon turned a generation against labor.

Daniel Brook Harper's Jul 2021 25min Permalink

Business Health

Poisoned

Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound.

Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington, Eli Murray Tampa Bay Times Mar 2021 25min Permalink

Business

Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening

Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize.

Erika Hayasaki New York Times Magazine Feb 2021 25min Permalink

Business

The Fight for Fifteen at an Orlando McDonald's

For some workers, the pandemic brought new meaning to a nationwide movement to raise the minimum wage.

Eleni Schirmer New Yorker Feb 2021 30min Permalink

Health

'You have to take action': one hospital cleaner’s journey through the pandemic

After years of outsourcing, many essential staff work for the NHS without receiving its benefits. In one London hospital, the fight is on for a better deal.

Sophie Elmhirst Guardian Jun 2020 25min Permalink

Business Food Health

'If One Of Us Gets Sick, We All Get Sick'

The long struggle for workers’ rights at poultry plants is now more urgent than ever

Mya Frazier The Guardian Apr 2020 20min Permalink