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April 6, 2020
Women's Wear Daily -
Clothing Firms’ Pivot to Mask-making Raises Worker Safety Concerns
March 11, 2020
Los Angeles Daily News -
Genwa Korean BBQ ordered to pay $2.1 million for wage theft
March 9, 2020
The Progressive -
The Nail Salon Industry is Rife with Exploitation and Abuse
March 9, 2020
CalMatters -
How a California law helps Peruvian sheepherders, dairy workers, janitors and the state itself
March 2, 2020
Los Angeles Times -
Elizabeth Warren unveils farmworkers’ rights plan
February 28, 2020
Los Angeles Times -
He built a life in the United States. In death, he chose Mexico
January 31, 2020
The American Prospect -
The Art of Organizing
January 28, 2020
Yahoo Lifestyle -
How Much Do I Need to Tip at a Nail Salon?
January 21, 2020
Los Angeles Times -
The teachers’ strike gripped LA for 6 days. A year later, what are the results?
January 19, 2020
NBC News -
UC Berkeley student workers awarded millions in back pay
January 17, 2020
KPCC -
Should CA Raise Taxes On Companies That Pay Executives Way More Than The Average Employee?
January 14, 2020
Los Angeles Times -
Trump makes wage-theft lawsuits harder — but not in California
January 10, 2020
Salon -
Uber is trying to trick its drivers into skirting California’s new contractor law
December 19, 2019
The New Republic -
Fast Fashion at the End of the World
December 17, 2019
Courthouse News Service -
Freelancers Sue California Over Independent Contractor Crackdown
December 12, 2019
Los Angeles Times -
Nine years after Guatemalan man’s shooting, LAPD officers get help to identify indigenous languages
December 7, 2019
VOA News -
California Debates Future of Uber, Lyft Drivers
November 30, 2019
Los Angeles Times -
Here’s what holiday retail workers wish you knew
November 29, 2019
The Guardian -
US retail employees call out working conditions with Black Friday protests
November 25, 2019
CalMatters -
Time is running out for the braceros
November 21, 2019
LAist -
Another Asian American Civil Rights Organization Splinters In LA
November 12, 2019
Center for Court Innovation -
What Do We Know About Community Service?
November 7, 2019
Curbed Los Angeles -
City sets street vending fees in English. Where were the translators?
October 28, 2019
Boston Globe -
Dedham teacher strike part of a developing pattern nationwide
October 24, 2019
Talk Poverty -
Dangerous Jobs. Harassment. Long Hours. Welcome to Court-Ordered Community Service.
October 18, 2019
Salon -
Can Uber and Lyft survive if California’s worker protections go nationwide?
October 18, 2019
USA Today -
Are unions back? GM, Chicago teacher strikes show how unions can start winning again
October 17, 2019
Los Angeles Sentinel -
Council President Wesson Moves To Establish $30 Minimum Wage for Rideshare Drivers
October 16, 2019
The Guardian -
‘Work or go to jail’: how LA courts force thousands to do unpaid labor
