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  • Salary disclosures on job postings a step forward in pay equity, experts say

    November 20, 2023 |

    CTV News Ottawa |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Some Canadian provinces are beginning to enact transparency laws that require employers to include salary ranges in public job postings in an effort to close the pay equity gap, particularly as it pertains to the gender pay gap. In the U.S., eight states have already enacted similar laws and studies show states with these laws in place see a 1.5% boost in labor force participation rate and employees are generally more satisfied with their jobs when they feel employers are being transparent about wages.

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  • California Wage Theft: When bosses don't pay and new laws aren't enough.

    July 01, 2023 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Clara County, California

    To combat employer wage theft and chronic delays in payment remittance in state courts, Santa Clara County has leveraged businesses' food permits, threatening to revoke them if outstanding wage theft judgments are not paid. Run by the Santa Clara Office of Labor Enforcement, the program has resulted in 100% compliance.

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  • Temple University's successful grad student strike offers lessons for academic labor organizers

    May 02, 2023 |

    The Real News Network |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A 42-day strike coordinated by the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association resulted in a new contract that raised wages and eliminated the previous wage system among other improvements to the student workers’ benefits.

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  • Project provides sustainable income to mothers of disabled children in Armenia

    February 15, 2023 |

    Euro News Week |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Armenia

    A social enterprise in Armenia employs single mothers of children with disabilities so they can work from home and receive a sustainable income. The company, Ardook Household Assistant, offers washing, drying, and ironing services for clothes and linens.

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  • The South has a new union—and workers have Black women to thank

    January 12, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    As a continuance of the Fight for $15 and a Union southern chapter Raise Up, the Union of Southern Service Workers is a first-of-its-kind, cross-sector union that offers membership to fast food, retail, warehouse, care, and other service industry workers across southern states. With Black women emerging as leaders, these organizations have built a multigenerational, multiracial labor movement that sheds light on the realities low-wage service workers have faced for decades.

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  • The Sewing Labs apprenticeship program opens pathways for KC residents

    November 14, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Sewing Labs provides apprenticeships that teach sewing skills as a route to jobs, financial independence and dignity. The Sewing Labs was recently chosen as one of 207 businesses to participate in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Ambassadors Initiative to present an “earn and learn” model to create equitable and debt-free pathways to good-paying jobs.

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  • Standing up in the wage gap!

    November 10, 2022 |

    Solutionaries |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    The Power on Heels Fund provides annual training for Latinas and women of color to raise awareness about the gender pay gap and teach them to advocate for themselves when it comes to pay. The organization also provides scholarships to students and professionals, which helped one previous recipient obtain a needed certification to open her own business.

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  • Unions offer graduate student workers a stronger platform to secure living wages and reasonable workloads

    November 10, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

    Graduate student unions, like Oregon State University’s Coalition of Graduate Employees, use collective bargaining to allow student employees to successfully negotiate for fair wages, reasonable hours, and other terms of employment.

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  • Money Talks: Is pay transparency good?

    November 09, 2022 |

    The Economist |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In some places, like NYC, there are pay transparency laws in place in an effort to reduce pay inequality. Similarly, there are several companies with pay transparency policies in place to both reduce pay gaps between different groups and improve employee satisfaction.

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  • How to Hire Remote Workers from Economically Distressed Countries

    October 10, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Venezuela

    iWorker is a virtual assistant agency that connects bilingual professionals from economically troubled countries like Venezuela to businesses in the US, Europe, and Canada. By connecting workers with these jobs, the platform not only provides them with an income, it ensures that the income will be paid in a foreign currency more stable than their own, helping the recipients manage surging rates of inflation. Since 2018, iWorker has provided work to over 4,500 Venezuelans inside and outside of the country.

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