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Category Archives: worker rights
Workers Allege Wage Theft in Fancy Sushi Eatery, Fat Salmon
May Day was yesterday and I spent the day covering an action against a fancy sushi restaurant, Fat Salmon (best sushi in the city, 2012). A group of workers allege that the owner has been stealing portions of their tips, … Continue reading
Penn guards: More than a year since the union vote, still no contract
I haven’t been focused on keeping the blog updated as my stories come out and now I’m playing catch up. Below you’ll find my Philly City Paper update on the Penn security guards struggle to unionize, which I first reported … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, journalism, economic justice, labor, worker rights
Tagged Philly, labor, City Paper, unions, Philadelphia, organized labor
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I’m in the latest issue of Dissent!
The Spring, 2013 issue of Dissent Magazine is here in all its glory and it contains my book review The Right and Labor in America Politics, Ideology, and Imagination, by Nelson Lichtenstein and Elizabeth Tandy Shermer. (It’s a loosely connected … Continue reading
Municipal workers aren’t to blame for high healthcare costs
Every year the Pew Charitable Trust releases its annual “Philadelphia: The State of the City” report, containing a vast array of data about the city and covering everything from poverty to real estate. Among the statistics included are the cost … Continue reading
Your clothing: Still made in sweatshops
About a month ago I wrote a long read for Salon about the difficulty of purchasing ethical apparel and the fact that moral consumerism is never enough. Although it can provide a good entry to the issue for the uninformed, … Continue reading
Posted in economic justice, labor, worker rights
Tagged Charles Kernaghan, organized labor, Salon, sweatshop, work
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Hordes of Sex Workers Are Not Going to be in New Orleans for the Super Bowl
Every major sporting event for the last ten years has been presaged by a rumor that tens of thousands of sex workers will descend upon the host city. In this telling, they will be brought by human traffickers and sold … Continue reading
Posted in economic justice, sexual health, worker rights
Tagged New Orleans, prostitution, sex workers, Super Bowl
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Fighting for Philly Schools
Philadelphia public schools are perpetually in crisis. State politicians in Harrisburg love to blame it on the corrupt, ineffectual, and free-spending city policymakers. That is utter crap. This is a systemic problem, as I note in my recent piece for … Continue reading
Consider the Bee (Or, Actually, Don’t)
I recently stumbled across this wonderful letter to the New York Times, written in the October of 1865, taking a strong line against anti-loitering laws. It’s quite funny and, I think, the correct inclination. Arresting people for hanging out is … Continue reading
Posted in books, British Literature, economic justice, labor, Uncategorized, worker rights
Tagged Charles Dickens, Eugene Wrayburn, loitering, the New York Times, work
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Philly Restaurants That Actually Care About Their Employees
Cross-posted from Keystone Politics. Yesterday the Philly chapter of the Restaurant Opportunities Center held a release party for their 2013 National Guide to Ethical Eating (and, yes, there’s an app for that). The event was held at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 … Continue reading
Posted in economic justice, labor, Philadelphia, public health, worker rights
Tagged Philly, service industry
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