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Harlem Organization Helped Change the Face of Construction

Damaso Reyes

April 27, 2023 |

New York Amsterdam News |

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Response Location: United States, Harlem, New York

Fight Back, Inc. is a local community-based organization that worked to get construction jobs for Blacks, Spanish-surnamed, and other minorities in New York City over the years. The organization has been very effective in integrating the skilled and construction trades and ensuring workers of color have equal opportunity and has been replicated in other cities like Seattle and Detroit.

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Who's going to check them? Racial equity audits can help corporate America keep its promises to address systemic racism

Adam Shamsi Monica L. Wang Hannah McKinney

March 13, 2023 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Racial equity audits are conducted to identify where racial inequities exist within an organization and then provides strategies the organization can implement to work toward promoting racial equity. Several major companies, like Airbnb, have participated in these audits since they emerged in 2011, aiming to create a workplace with less racial bias and discrimination.

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A year later, members of the Memphis Seven inspire a new generation of workers

Brittany Brown

January 18, 2023 |

MLK50 |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

After enduring unfair working conditions, an organizing committee at a Starbucks in Tennessee, later dubbed the Memphis Seven, became the first of the state to attempt, and succeed, to unionize with help from Starbucks Workers United. Their work inspired a nationwide movement, and now over 250 Starbucks are unionized.

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For Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia, Facebook becomes a tool for empowerment

Liani MK

November 28, 2022 |

Southeast Asia Globe |

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Response Location: Malaysia

Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia are leveraging Facebook groups to raise awareness around poor working conditions, empower migrant workers to understand their labor rights, and provide a source of community and connection for employees who are often isolated and in need of support.

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Alabama Women Put Their Bodies on the Line to Keep a Miners' Strike Alive

Kim Kelly

November 22, 2022 |

Jezebel |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Brookwood, Alabama

Union’s auxiliary members and miners’ wives work to support the miners on strike from Warrior Met Coal in Alabama by running a strike pantry, collecting donations, and planning strike activities and marches. In some cases, wives agreed to be arrested in the name of the cause. The bonds they’ve formed throughout the process are what keep them going.

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Absent Federal Oversight of Animal Agriculture Safety, States and Others Step Up for Change

Christina Cooke

November 18, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States

Organizations like Milk and Dignity are filling in the worker safety gaps left behind in federal regulations by working with farms to implement worker-driven protections.

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Unions offer graduate student workers a stronger platform to secure living wages and reasonable workloads

Sravya Tadepalli

November 10, 2022 |

Prism |

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Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

Graduate student unions, like Oregon State University’s Coalition of Graduate Employees, use collective bargaining to allow student employees to successfully negotiate for fair wages, reasonable hours, and other terms of employment.

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Putting a face to a movement: Trader Joe's unionization

Helen Li

October 12, 2022 |

Prism |

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Response Location: United States

Trader Joe’s stores across the United States are pushing for unionization with mixed results. While some stores have seen success, others have faced union-busting tactics and, in one scenario, an abrupt store closure.

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Putting a stop to labor trafficking!

Jason Nguyen Ana Lastra Robert Arnold Adrian Montes

October 11, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The Equal Justice Center helps people who have experienced issues in the workplace like wage theft, labor trafficking and discrimination get justice against their employers.

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Four-day workweek: Why more companies are taking the plunge

Laurent Belsie Shafi Musaddique Erika Page

September 28, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Several companies are beginning to lean into the four-day workweek. It is also being seen as a new recruiting tool that resonates with a younger generation that prioritizes work-life balance. There are even nonprofits like 4 Day Week Global, that are coordinating pilot programs across the globe to encourage more companies to adopt a 32-hour workweek with no cut in pay.

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