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Lessons for Hollywood's women from tomato pickers in Florida

Deepa Fernandes

December 17, 2017 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Florida

In Florida, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers found a way to end sexual harassment on the tomato fields. Through organizing, they convinced big companies like McDonald’s and Walmart to only buy tomatoes from “fields that were part of the Fair Food Program, which basically meant the tomatoes they would sell or cook came from fields where workers are treated justly.” That’s just one of the methods the coalition took to create “real world consequences.”

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How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry

Jasmine Garsd Andrea Crossan

December 05, 2017 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In 1995 El Monte, a US sweatshop in California that housed workers without paying them, was raided. “The El Monte raid changed the garment industry.” After the raid, former president Bill Clinton created a sweatshop taskforce. “The El Monte raid was a very important point in the history of labor standards in this country.”

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How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap

William Kremer

October 17, 2017 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

Iceland may be "the best country in the world for gender equality" but women get paid 30 percent less than men. Trade unions and businesses united to fix the problem. They reevaluated people's salaries through a point system, regardless of their gender. Now, the government has decided all companies in Iceland will have to implement the system, or pay a fine.

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Art Handlers, Long Overlooked, Push for Better Wages and Union Representation

Daisy Alioto

September 25, 2017 |

Artsy |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Developed out of an Arts & Labor working group during Occupy Wall Street, the Art Handlers Alliance (AHA) advocates for fair compensation and improved hiring practices for art handlers. Using a “bill of rights” as a template, the AHA has been part of negotiations between employers and unions that represent some art handlers—such as the Teamsters—and obtained for workers increased compensation and benefits.

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An unlikely big player in digital media: unions

Gary Weiss

June 21, 2017 |

Columbia Journalism Review |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As a relatively new field, digital media companies were without the “building blocks” that formed the infrastructure of traditional media companies. Unionizing efforts at digital media companies are an effort to put this infrastructure in place and they touch upon issues of pay and editorial independence.

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Should Artists Unionize?

Rob Sharp

April 13, 2017 |

Artsy |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Poland, Warsaw

In Poland, artists have used a traditional tool to advocate for and obtain fair compensation: unionizing. While the artists’ union is not officially recognized by the state, it has successfully obtained better pay for artists from galleries and grant funders and led a 2012 strike.

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Organizing New Media

Jason Farbman

November 17, 2016 |

Jacobin |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In order to secure workplace protections, liability protection for their writing, and channels of communication with management, writers working for digital media companies have begun to unionize. Unions can provide support for media outlets changing ownership as well as providing a spur for mission-driven media outlets to live up to their mission.

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How Freelancers Are Reinventing Work Through New Collective Enterprises

Christopher D. Cook

October 11, 2016 |

Shareable |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

With millennials unable to find regular work, people of color and women tired of discrimination during the hiring process, the number of people turning to freelancing has been growing. Networks like Enspiral and Upwork, are facilitating this shift by assisting in the search for employers, creating partnerships with other freelancers, creating unions that fight for living wages and work to fix other sundry issues that freelancers face.

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Albuquerque's Big Employers Start Major Buy Local, Hire Local Program

Johnny Magdaleno

October 05, 2016 |

Next City |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, has the second highest unemployment rate in the country. To solve this problem, the Healthy Neighborhoods Albuquerque, a city wide initiative was formed. Their strategy is to train, hire and buy locally.

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Berkeley Makes History With Wage Theft Ordinance

Johnny Magdaleno

August 16, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

Wage theft is a widespread issue in the construction industry in California with few cases successfully resolved and costing state taxpayers $8.5 billion a year. In Berkeley, an ordinance was introduced in order to shift auditing from the state to the local level, creating an auditing system that makes building permits dependant on the city’s ability to conduct regular check-ins for payment plans over the course of projects rather than once they are complete.

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