labor
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Will COVID finally kill fast fashion? An expert tells us what’s next.
Fashion expert Maxine Bédat on recent changes to the apparel industry and what the future might hold.
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Trump’s trade war is hitting solar workers hard
The solar industry lost jobs for the second year in a row, according to a new report.
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Your sustainable scallops might have been caught with the help of shady labor practices
Do you really know how that fish wound up on your plate?
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Garbage is a dirty business. L.A. is trying to clean it up.
Los Angeles tries to make the garbage industry better for workers and better for the environment.
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Underpaid, overworked farmworkers set to get liberal labor protections. Farmers grumble.
Farmworkers could finally get equal rights for overtime pay.
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Should the food movement push for better jobs too?
As students rally for farmworkers and unions reach out to foodies, a new report asks: What would it take for the food and labor movements to truly combine forces?
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The food movement’s final frontier: Taking care of workers
A comprehensive new report looks at the people behind our food chain and finds low wages, little chance for advancement, and often deplorable working conditions.
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Proposed law would keep California farmworkers from overheating
For farmworkers, ensuring you have shade and water in a farm field isn't as easy as most people think. Now, some advocates in California are trying to change that.
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New child farm labor regulations dead — thanks to Sarah Palin’s expertise?
Last week, everyone's favorite pundit spoke out against updates in farm regulations that might have kept the youngest farmworkers from the most dangerous work. And it looks like it worked.