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Beyond the Stigma: State launching push to promote 'recovery-friendly' workplaces

Shawne K. Wickham

November 10, 2018 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

A state program is providing supports for businesses to create 'recovery friendly' workplaces for employees with substance use disorders. Supports include connecting employees with a licensed counselor, peer supports, and posted information about recovery resources.

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Spreading the Good News of Worker-Owned Businesses in D.C.

Sandra Larson

November 02, 2018 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

When Juan Reid had a hard time finding a job after his release from prison, he finally founded a worker cooperative called Tightshift Laboring Cooperative. He wanted to create sustainable employment opportunities for himself and others coming out of prison. This is part of a larger trend of worker cooperatives in the Washington, D.C. area. The DC Employee Ownership Initiative and Coop DC are two groups helping businesses like Tightshift and others.

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Seattle is the leader in worker protection laws. What can Philly learn as it considers a ‘fair workweek'?

Aaron Moselle Juliana Feliciano Reyes

October 15, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In an effort to achieve a true "fair work week," Philadelphia looks to Seattle's worker protection laws - which are among the best in the country. Seattle enforces a strict secure-scheduling policy, which ensures workers are compensated if an employer changes their schedule without fair warning.

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Chicago hotel workers join #MeToo, demand protections against sexual assault

Allison Herrera

October 09, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Hotel workers and members of the union, Unite Here, successfully lobbied for a law that makes it mandatory for hotels in Chicago to provide a safety device, known as a panic button, to workers. The ordinance also includes a retaliation clause which forbids employers from firing women after reporting sexual abuse. ‘This is incredible.' Because like, we all had the same feeling like we've started something.”

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Banning refugees from having jobs hurts, not helps, local workers

Fergus Peace

October 09, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Turkey

Host governments tend to be wary of allowing refugees to move freely and work legally. However, integrating refugees into the labor market as quickly as possible reduces the concentration of newcomers in the informal sector, benefiting both locals and refugees in the long run.

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Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women

Jeffrey Dastin

October 09, 2018 |

Reuters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Amazon trashed its automated resume-reviewing software after the company discovered that the software had taught itself to discriminate against women applicants. The situation shows the limits of machine learning in human resources.

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Harvard Is Vaulting Workers Into the Middle Class With High Pay. Can Anyone Else Follow Its Lead?

Eduardo Porter

September 08, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Spurred by student activism and a research study on outsourcing, Harvard University implemented a parity policy in 2002. This means all university workers, regardless of whether the university or an outside contractor pays them, receive full benefits and higher pay. For an institution like Harvard that can afford to pay workers substantially more, there is greater employee satisfaction. However, researchers are still exploring if higher wages for some mean lower wages for others or fewer employees hired in the future.

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The searing photos that helped end child labor in America

Jessica Contrera

September 03, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the 1900s Lewis Hine posed as a bible salesman so he could get inside factories and take pictures of child workers. At the time children from 10-15 were put to work, and had no legal protections. Years later his pictures became a catalyst for passing child labor laws.

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The right to disconnect: The new laws banning after-hours work emails

Rich Haridy

August 14, 2018 |

New Atlas |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

France, Italy, Germany, and now the U.S. are passing “anti-stress” laws, which make it illegal or harder for workers to receive emails after work. Research shows that when employees expect to be contacted after work through email, their levels of anxiety and stress go up. "I think this will lessen a lot of the anxiety that goes with having a job in the city and allow people to draw their own lines about when work ends."

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With Dirty Girl coffee, this entrepreneur strives to make life better for women in Appalachia

Sara Schonhardt

August 06, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Athens, Ohio

Jane Cavarozzi, an entrepreneur and activist, started Dirty Girl coffee to “support economic development and women’s advancement in the small, depressed villages around Appalachian Ohio.” She lives in the town of Glouster and is respected for living local and working local, as opposed to being an outsider problem-solver. Though her coffee company is just one small step forward, she works closely with community groups to move economic development initiatives for the region forward.

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