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Tag: labor

Posted inPerspectives

Essential US workers often lack sick leave and health care – benefits taken for granted in most other countries

by Paul F. Clark May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

American workers tend to lack many basic benefits that are incredibly common in other countries, a situation the ‘Essential Worker Bill of Rights’ aims to remedy.

Posted inPerspectives

We call workers ‘essential’ – but is that just referring to the work, not the people?

by Zachary Jaggers May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Black Americans are bearing the brunt of coronavirus recession – this should come as no surprise

by William M. Rodgers III May 8, 2020May 11, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

States are putting prisoners to work manufacturing coronavirus supplies

by J. Carlee Purdum April 23, 2020April 23, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Children of color already make up the majority of kids in many US states

by Rogelio Sáenz and Dudley Poston January 10, 2020January 10, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be, Transportation

Lightfoot’s rideshare fee plan improves equity, but why not tax Uber and Lyft directly?

by Curtis Black November 12, 2019November 13, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Worker-protection laws aren’t ready for an automated future

by Jeffrey Hirsch August 28, 2019December 10, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

After Janus decision, what’s next for Illinois’ public sector unions?

by Curtis Black June 28, 2018
Posted inPerspectives

Why Juneteenth didn’t end the exploitation of black labor

by Kathy Roberts Forde and Bryan Bowman June 19, 2018July 3, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Race and Culture

Kanye’s comments on slavery validate racist policymaking

by Kanu Iheukumere May 11, 2018May 12, 2018

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