Food + Jobs
Staff label and package items inside one of the largest Amazon warehouses. January 2021
Facing aggressive pushback, Amazon workers to vote on forming the company’s first American union
Staff label and package items inside one of the largest Amazon warehouses. January 2021
01.18.2021
by Sam Bloch
Delivery workers march in New York City. December 2020
Delivery workers are struggling to survive the pandemic
Delivery workers march in New York City. December 2020
01.05.2021
by Amir Khafagy
In this Oct. 1, 2020, photo an Amazon worker wears a mask and gloves as he delivers boxes downtown Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Amazon says that nearly 20,000 of its workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Amazon says in a corporate blog Thursday that it examined data from March 1 to Sept. 19 for its 1.37 million workers at Amazon and Whole Foods Market. It said that it compared COVID-19 case rates to the general population, as reported by Johns Hopkins University for the same period. Based on that analysis, if the rate among Amazon and Whole Foods employees were the same as it is for the general population rate, it estimated it would have seen 33,952 cases among its workforce.
Despite now offering $15 minimum wage, Amazon still a top employer of SNAP recipients in many states
In this Oct. 1, 2020, photo an Amazon worker wears a mask and gloves as he delivers boxes downtown Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Amazon says that nearly 20,000 of its workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Amazon says in a corporate blog Thursday that it examined data from March 1 to Sept. 19 for its 1.37 million workers at Amazon and Whole Foods Market. It said that it compared COVID-19 case rates to the general population, as reported by Johns Hopkins University for the same period. Based on that analysis, if the rate among Amazon and Whole Foods employees were the same as it is for the general population rate, it estimated it would have seen 33,952 cases among its workforce.
11.19.2020
by H. Claire Brown
Farm workers harvesting yellow bell peppers near Gilroy, California. November 2020
While he’s still president, Trump will freeze farm worker pay, and cut projected earnings by $1.68 billion over 10 years
Farm workers harvesting yellow bell peppers near Gilroy, California. November 2020
11.09.2020
by Jessica Fu
Angelica Modica wears PPE while working at deli counter at the Presidente Supermarket, in Hialeah, Florida. Minimum wage. November 2020
Florida joins seven other states in enacting a $15 minimum wage
Angelica Modica wears PPE while working at deli counter at the Presidente Supermarket, in Hialeah, Florida. Minimum wage. November 2020
11.04.2020
by Sam Bloch
In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo taken near Fresno, Calif., farmworkers pick paper trays of dried raisins off the ground and heap them onto a trailer in the final step of raisin harvest.
“It’s especially cruel during a pandemic”: Minimum wage uncertain for seasonal farm workers after USDA axes labor report
In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo taken near Fresno, Calif., farmworkers pick paper trays of dried raisins off the ground and heap them onto a trailer in the final step of raisin harvest.
10.06.2020
by Jessica Fu
A group of farmers work a massive field pulling up truckloads of sugarcane. August 2020
Louisiana sugarcane workers sue Lowry Farms for wage theft, breach of contract
A group of farmers work a massive field pulling up truckloads of sugarcane. August 2020
08.11.2020
by H. Claire Brown
The American Triumph vessel has experience two Covid-19 outbreaks this year so far (August 2020)
Covid-19 outbreaks keep sidelining vessels owned by one of Seattle’s largest fishing companies. No one’s entirely sure why.
The American Triumph vessel has experience two Covid-19 outbreaks this year so far (August 2020)
08.05.2020
by Baylen J. Linnekin
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07.17.2020
by The Counter