Texas, the only state without universal workers’ comp, leads the nation in workplace injuries and deaths. It’s Latino workers on unregulated construction sites who fare the worst.
Stephen Franklin
Stephen Franklin is a former labor writer for the Chicago Tribune and has been an adjunct instructor at the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, he is the author of Three Strikes, an account of global corporations’ efforts to destroy worker agreements and protections.
Posted inWorking in America
The Warehouse Archipelago
As many as four million workers labor in clusters of warehouses scattered across the United States. Many are mislabeled a ‘temps’; all are poorly paid, and on-the-job injuries are high.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Revolt of the Judges
The Trump administration has ordered immigration court judges to reject more applicants and speed up trials—and it wants to bust the judges’ union.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Overture: A Near-Death of Despair
The decimation of the Heartland began a long time ago.
Posted inWorking in America
Why the Chicago Teachers Won
Turning points in an unexpected victory for labor
Posted inEducation in America
Is Chicago the Next Wisconsin?
Whatever the outcome of the teachers’ strike in the Windy City, it has big implications for the future of labor nationwide.
Posted inFeatures
Before the Revolution
For the past half-decade, Egyptian workers, journalists, and bloggers have increasingly, and bravely, been standing up to their government.
Posted inSpecial Report
The Hands That Feed Us
Some of the worst abuses are in food-processing and farming work — where government is a huge purchaser.
Posted inSpecial Report
Forgotten Corners of the Economy
As unemployment rises, the illegal treatment of day laborers only worsens. Where’s the government?