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Legal advocate helps workers under shadow of criminal records

Jane M. Von Bergen

November 20, 2016 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia enacted a law in 2016 that allows for people convicted of minor crimes to get their records sealed by a court. In this article an employment lawyer who has worked for many years with people who have records talks about why it's extremely difficult for people to reintegrate into a community and get a job with even a minor conviction in their past. The shift has garnered support across political lines as people begin to realize the economic and other costs to society when people can't work and end up back in prison.

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Organizing New Media

Jason Farbman

November 17, 2016 |

Jacobin |

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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 |

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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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Putting Low-Wage Workers' Rights, Legal Help On Your Smartphone's Homescreen

Johnny Magdaleno

August 01, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Low wage workers are very likely to have their rights violated. To support them in an accessible and efficient way WorkersReport was created as an app to help workers report and track violations as well as get in touch with the right support.

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Meet the Thai Sex Workers Fighting for Their Right to Earn a Living

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

March 28, 2016 |

Vice |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province

Empower, a sex workers' rights organization with over 50,000 members, has been steadily pushing to improve the working conditions of women in the sex trade in Thailand. In addition to advocating for decriminalization of the trade as the best option, Empower focuses on equipping sex workers with the tools they need to assert their independence, including English classes and HIV prevention. The organization's approach is starkly different than other popular theories, such as brothel raids or the Nordic model of criminalizing the customers.

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How can coffee become a better tool for development?

Catherine Cheney

January 28, 2016 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo, Nord-Kivu

All over the world, new fair trade projects or approaches are sprouting up to foster trading relationships that pay off for farmers, giving them more adequate wages and rights.

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Human trafficking: California keeps a closer eye on recruiters

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

January 25, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albany, California

A new law seeks to protect vulnerable guest workers and unwary businesses from unscrupulous recruiters by requiring them to register with the state and meet certain requirements.

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Human trafficking: 6 solutions that are working

Michael Holtz

January 25, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Promising and innovative solutions to modern-day slavery range from labeling U.S. food products to forming joint police-NGO task forces. Each addresses a different aspect of slavery in the modern world, a pernicious problem that receives relatively little media attention.

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Radical idea to help freed slaves: Just give them cash

Michael Holtz

January 11, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Samut Sakhon, Chang Wat Samut Sakhon

In Thailand, the Issara Institute gives freed workers money, instead of services, and a chance to make their own choices. The system disavows paternalistic programs that tie strings to aid.

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Tomato pickers persuade big food companies to sign on to human-rights movement

Lois K. Solomon

December 31, 2015 |

Sun Sentinel |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

Tomato pickers have spent more than 20 years on a campaign for dignity and fair pay. The workers have succeeded, against incredible odds, in getting some of the biggest corporations in the country to recognize their plight.

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