1/ On this fine #LaborDay, here's a recap of some of our most impactful stories about work and workers.
We'll begin with shipbuilders. In 2017, @jennifergollan laid out how private companies with poor safety records keep winning gov't contracts. revealnews.org/article/deadly…
We'll begin with shipbuilders. In 2017, @jennifergollan laid out how private companies with poor safety records keep winning gov't contracts. revealnews.org/article/deadly…
2/ Reporter @willCIR found a pattern endemic to the temp industry of racist, sexist and otherwise discriminatory hiring.
Some agencies even went so far as to use code words to refer to – and avoid hiring – people of color. revealnews.org/article/when-c…
Some agencies even went so far as to use code words to refer to – and avoid hiring – people of color. revealnews.org/article/when-c…
3/ Working with @frontlinepbs, @KQED, @Univision and @UCBerkeleyIRP, @bmyeung uncovered an epidemic of rape and sexual assault committed against female janitors who work alone on the night shift. revealnews.org/nightshift/?ut…
4/ That story grew out of "Rape in the Fields," another project that exposed widespread sexual abuse of female farmworkers: revealnews.org/article/female…
5/ For the past year, reporter @cynduja has been doing groundbreaking work on Silicon Valley's diversity problems. She's shown how big tech companies keep their data secret ... revealnews.org/article/hidden…
6/ ... And in June, she put together the clearest picture *ever* of racial and gender disparities in Silicon Valley. revealnews.org/article/heres-…
7/ Speaking of the tech world, @willCIR has been looking into @tesla.
He found that the company has failed to report some of its serious injuries on legally mandated reports, making its injury numbers look better than they actually are. revealnews.org/article/tesla-…
He found that the company has failed to report some of its serious injuries on legally mandated reports, making its injury numbers look better than they actually are. revealnews.org/article/tesla-…
8/ Our coverage of worker safety extends to North Dakota's oil fields, too, where entrenched corporate practices and weak federal oversight inoculated energy producers against responsibility when workers were killed or injured. revealnews.org/article/in-nor…
9/ Some workers? They never got paid at all.
Instead, they were sent to work in chicken plants – ostensibly to help break their addictions. revealnews.org/article/they-t…
Instead, they were sent to work in chicken plants – ostensibly to help break their addictions. revealnews.org/article/they-t…
10/ We'll continue covering workers' rights as long as they continue to be hurt and exploited.
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