Tag: worker
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Shining a Light on Domestic Employers
The recent report, My Home is Someone’s Workplace: Re-envisioning Domestic Employment in New York State, by Hand in Hand was a first-of-its-kind, in-depth look at the demographics, needs, and challenges…
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Milk Cows Not Workers!
New York’s dairy production and processing industry generates $14 billion a year and is the star sector of the state’s agricultural economy. Unfortunately, the immigrant workers who provide milking labor…
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Construction Jobs Lack Basic Provisions in $175 Billion Industry
As cities in the south continue to boom, workers earn poverty level wages and face dangerous working conditions. Build a Better South report highlights issues plaguing the construction industry in…
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Stolen Chances: Low-Wage Work and Wage Theft in Iowa
Despite three years of heightened attention — from our work, from media reports, and from some policymakers — wage theft remains persistent in Iowa,” said Colin Gordon, author of a…