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Can Women Help Fill the Shortage of Trade Workers?

Jessica Kutz / The 19th Feb 10, 2023 Can women help fill the shortage of trade workers? Unions are betting on it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Migrant Workers Win Crucial Labor Protections

Tina Vásquez / Prism Report Jan 27, 2023 The Department of Homeland Security has issued guidance to protect immigrants from deportation and other forms of retaliation during labor disputes. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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South Korean Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation

Kap Seol / Labor Notes Jan 26, 2023 The recent raid on KTCU is part of a broader conservative backlash against the gains of South Korean labor. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Corky Lee and the Work of Seeing

Ken Chen / N+1 Jan 26, 2023 Corky's Lee's photographs showcase the difference at the heart of “Asian America.” Dig deeper ( 43 Min. Read )

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Black Women Spearhead a New Southern Union

Tina Vásquez / Prism Reports Jan 19, 2023 The South has a new union—and workers have Black women to thank. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Virginia Transit Strikers Fight Privatized Race to the Bottom

Courtney Smith, Jonah Furman / Labor Notes Jan 17, 2023 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 is fighting to prove that buses should be a public service, not or a source of private profit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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How a War on Porn Is Endangering US Sex Workers

Hallie Lieberman / Open Democracy Jan 13, 2023 A proposed ‘anti-trafficking’ US law may actually increase trafficking, as well as threatening sex workers and free speech. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Biggest Labor Contracts Expiring in 2023

Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes Jan 2, 2023 2023 could be a year of major gains for labor unions, as contracts in major industries are up for renegotiation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Corporate Culture is a Barrier to Labor Organizing in the Video Game Industry

Cassandra Roxburgh / Prism Reports Dec 29, 2022 Current and former video game workers detail a longstanding culture of sexual harassment, exploitation, and retaliation. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Farmworkers’ Working and Living Conditions Take a Mental Health Toll

Pilar Marrero / Capital & Main Dec 27, 2022 Advocates seek to counter cultural stigma and the harsh effects of COVID-19 with innovative approaches to reaching a vulnerable population. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Treating Farmworkers on Their Terms

David Bacon / Capital & Main Dec 20, 2022 Some Indigenous immigrant farmworkers in California visit community clinics where they choose to access western or nontraditional medicine. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

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2022 Labor Year in Review

Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Dec 20, 2022 With more unions, strikes, and leadership contests, labor took big strides in the right direction in 2022. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )