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/ Bridget Hughes is a part of Stand Up KC, an organization advocating for a $15 minimum wage. Kansas City’s 311 hotline was set up to be a resource for residents to document workplace complaints, like a business violating COVID-19 regulations, but the health department has struggled to follow up on dozens of complaints about job safety. For workers living on the edge, missing a paycheck can be crushing. “I've gone to work sick,” McDonald’s worker Terrence Wise said. “This COVID disaster forces us sometimes to do things we don't want to do. And we shouldn't be in a position to have ...

Academia is a labor struggle and should be treated as such.

GSA spotlights “Worker Voice” in fight to ensure fair labor standards By Share A new white paper commissioned by Global Seafood Assurances (GSA) is offering a comprehensive look at the tools and resources that exist to ensure social welfare on board the world’s fishing vessels. The paper, Worker Voice on Fishing Vessels, documents the initiatives, organizations, and projects available around the world that offer fishing crews a means to voice concerns, have influence over matters that affect them in the workplace, and have access to third party advice and grievance mechanisms for r...