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After 1-week strike, workers claim victory at the country’s largest produce market

01.25.2021
by Amir Khafagy
Facing aggressive pushback, Amazon workers to vote on forming the company’s first American union
01.18.2021
by Sam Bloch
Delivery workers are struggling to survive the pandemic
01.05.2021
by Amir Khafagy
Despite now offering $15 minimum wage, Amazon still a top employer of SNAP recipients in many states
11.19.2020
by H. Claire Brown
While he’s still president, Trump will freeze farm worker pay, and cut projected earnings by $1.68 billion over 10 years
11.09.2020
by Jessica Fu
Florida joins seven other states in enacting a $15 minimum wage
11.04.2020
by Sam Bloch
“It’s especially cruel during a pandemic”: Minimum wage uncertain for seasonal farm workers after USDA axes labor report
10.06.2020
by Jessica Fu
Louisiana sugarcane workers sue Lowry Farms for wage theft, breach of contract
08.11.2020
by H. Claire Brown
Covid-19 outbreaks keep sidelining vessels owned by one of Seattle’s largest fishing companies. No one’s entirely sure why.
08.05.2020
by Baylen J. Linnekin
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