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  • The Starbucks union wave hits Kansas and Missouri

    June 30, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    With help from national labor union Workers United, employees at Starbucks stores across the country are launching union campaigns in an effort to secure safer conditions and better pay. In all, 171 stores in 30 states have won union elections so far, and Workers United has filed to unionize at 302 stores in all.

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  • Here to Stay: How Spain's migrants self-organized to fight for their rights

    June 23, 2022 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    Mujeres Migrantes Diversas was founded by women working in domestic service and caregiving jobs and provides mutual support networks and services to migrant women in informal sectors. They provide food assistance, help finding safe shelter, workshops on gender and labor rights, Catalan language classes, and support with immigration procedures among other support services.

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  • The push toward a four-day workweek is gaining momentum

    May 18, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States

    4 Day Week Global offers workshops, cross-company mentorship, and assistance with tracking productivity and employee wellbeing to help companies implement shortened workweeks. The nonprofit has piloted its program with 38 companies so far, and organizations that have switched to a four-day schedule report increased productivity and improved work-life balance for workers.

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  • Several States Are Taking the Lead on Restoring Overtime Pay

    May 13, 2022 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States

    Washington and California are improving access to overtime pay. Washington is using phased increases to the income threshold requirement over several years. And California mandates extra pay for over eight hours of daily work.

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  • Success coaches help workers with problems outside the workplace. That helps their employers, too

    May 11, 2022 |

    WXXI |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Businesses are partnering with the Employer Resource Network, which provides “success coaches” for employees. These coaches serve as in-house social workers, helping employees navigate issues like food insecurity, child care, and emergencies — all of which often contribute to employee retention issues. The coaches were introduced as a way to address retention and help support employees so they don’t feel as if they have no other choice but to leave their jobs when trouble arises. The Network originally started in Michigan, but has since expanded to 11 states and serves 200 employers.

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  • How the Ethical Fashion Movement Changed Policy

    May 03, 2022 |

    Atmos |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Civic engagement led to the passage of a bill that empowers and protects garment workers in California. Citizens were encouraged and taught how to mobilize and participate in the democratic process which eventually led to the successful outcome.

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  • Athletes Unlimited is the first public benefit pro sports league. What does that mean for the players?

    April 14, 2022 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    Athletes in the first public benefit pro sports league now have perks that include childcare, charity stipends, an emphasis on racial equity, and representation on committees that make decisions on behalf of players. Athletes Unlimited is a public benefit corporation, which means it prioritizes social good over profits.

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  • Are community jobs the solution for Missouri's sheltered workshops?

    February 23, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

    Even as several states banned subminimum wages for disabled workers and adopted versions of the "employment-first" legislation in the country, the Center for Human Services became an anomaly when it closed its sheltered workshop programs in Missouri where they find immense support. In the last five years, the non-profit has focused, instead, on helping adults with disabilities gain employment in traditional jobs in their own communities and earn minimal wages.

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  • Trolley Times

    November 30, 2021 |

    Vice |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Delhi

    To help protestors communicate more effectively across large demonstration sites in Delhi, activists created Trolley Times, a digital and print newspaper dedicated to chronicling the farmers protest movement. The paper's circulation grew from around 1,000 copies to roughly 7,000, and it has attracted tens of thousands of followers across online platforms, helping to amplify the movement's message outside of Delhi and India.

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  • Unionization could help home health care workers with wages, experts say

    October 19, 2021 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    SEIU represents about 500,000 home care workers nationwide, offering union benefits and protections like individual health care, a retirement program, raises and better wages, additional training and access to personal protective equipment. For many — especially those working in Washington, California, New York and Illinois — unionization is a large part of the solution for home caregivers to receive representation and a living wage.

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