Book Review: Playing the Whore, Melissa Gira Grant
Melissa Gira Grant’s Playing the Whore is a deceptive book. At first glance, it’s a slim volume, and you might ...
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All Worker Deaths Should Matter
On 19 March of this year, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino was ambushed by a suspect just ...
Slaughterhouse Abuse Starts with Worker Abuse
US slaughterhouses have become infamous as havens of animal abuse, exposed by numerous animal welfare organisations brave ...
Endangering Workers to Satisfy Customers
Throughout the United States, work-related accidents occur on a daily basis. Some of them happen in industries that are ...
Stop Pitting Disabled People and Caregivers Against Each Other
As a follower of the labour movement, I keep a close eye on labour news, and I’m particularly attentive to ...
Busy, Busy, Busy
The words ‘I’m busy’ have been crossing my lips, and my ears, far more often that I would like lately. ...
Companies Cutting Hours to Avoid Paying Benefits? Not New.
This year, I’ve seen a number of people expressing shock and surprise about companies cutting worker hours or crafting ...
So Sorry A Labour Action Inconvenienced You
This summer and again earlier this month, the Bay Area faced a complex labour negotiation as BART employees fought for ...
Want Fries With That?
It’s a joke that people toss off without much thought when you tell them you have a degree in some area of liberal ...
Disposable Fashion, Disposable Labour, and Willful Ignorance
Between factory fires and building collapses, Bangladesh has been the scene of some truly horrific workplace disasters over ...