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  • US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting

    July 07, 2023 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Hazel Green, Alabama

    In an effort to increase diversity in the forestry and fire industry, the U.S. Forest Service partners with several historically Black colleges and universities to run an on-site fire academy that gives students the credentials to start a career. Participating students learn fire fighting and forestry practices in class, then put them to use during instructor-supervised prescribed burn demonstrations.

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  • Trees like women best: Nepal's forests thrive with female bosses

    July 05, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal manages the country’s community forest. For the past 30 years, the organization made a point to ensure half of its employees are women, and that women have access to leadership roles. As a result, a path has opened for more women to work in politics and the forests managed by women are thriving the most.

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  • California Wage Theft: When bosses don't pay and new laws aren't enough.

    July 01, 2023 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Clara County, California

    To combat employer wage theft and chronic delays in payment remittance in state courts, Santa Clara County has leveraged businesses' food permits, threatening to revoke them if outstanding wage theft judgments are not paid. Run by the Santa Clara Office of Labor Enforcement, the program has resulted in 100% compliance.

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  • Underpaid and unsupported, video game testers in Canada unionized against exploitation

    June 21, 2023 |

    The Real News Network |

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    Response Location: Canada, Edmonton, Alberta

    Video game testers built solidarity for their union effort by starting one-on-one conversations with coworkers in online chat servers. When it came time to vote, employees approved the union unanimously, giving them new legal protections while a contract is being negotiated.

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  • In conservative northern Nigeria, all-female automobile workshop screws gender stereotypes

    June 18, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: United States, Sokoto

    The Nana Female Mechanic Workshop in Sokoto, Nigeria, helps women gain the skills to pursue careers in mechanics and gain economic independence. The all-female workshop only attends to cars owned by women and is intended to combat gender-role stereotypes.

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  • An Appalachian model for building place-based community wealth

    May 15, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Morganton, North Carolina

    The Industrial Commons (TIC) strives to create an inclusive economy based on community between employee-owned social enterprises and industrial cooperatives, creating a more democratized, worker-centric environment. Since 2015, TIC has launched five cooperative businesses, employing more than 100 workers, and is working to grow the number of businesses to 75 by 2025.

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  • Colombia's Women-Led Electric Bus Fleet Is Reshaping Bogotá's Public Transit

    May 08, 2023 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    La Rolita is a public transit service in Bogotá, Colombia that prioritizes hiring women drivers and runs completely on electric buses. Women make up nearly half of the fleet's drivers, and the system now includes 11 routes covering roughly 210 miles in the city.

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  • "Only 20 out of 50 people managed to get a job": what is wrong with work for deaf Ukrainians, and what are the solutions

    May 05, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Ukrainian Society of the Deaf offers employment opportunities and workplace support for people with hearing impairments, which has become especially important for people displaced by the war. The society's help extends throughout the job-hunting process, from helping people retrieve documents necessary for job applications to attending interviews with them to interpret and communicate with potential employers.

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  • The Deliveristas

    May 02, 2023 |

    Radio Ambulante |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Deliveristas Unidos started as a WhatsApp group for local delivery workers to connect, but over time it turned into a mobilized organization of thousands of delivery workers ready to take to the streets to protect their rights as workers. Through their organizing, the group managed to get a legislative package passed that enacted several laws that guaranteed their rights and protections, including access to bathrooms in restaurants across the city, transparent communication with delivery apps about tips, as well as hourly pay.

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  • A West Philly high school is giving the entire junior class work experience through a robust new internship program

    May 02, 2023 |

    Billy Penn |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Boys’ Latin Charter High School in West Philadelphia is changing up the traditional school day with a program that matches the entire junior class with internships at different places around the city. Students are matched with partner businesses and organizations based on their interests so they can better understand what they want to do after high school and have more equitable opportunities.

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