InvestigationImmigration, Labor Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite While he railed against “illegal aliens” and their “illegal employers,” undocumented immigrants tended to Lou Dobbs’ estates and prize horses. Isabel MacdonaldThe NationOctober 7, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Labor Indocumentados trabajaron para Dobbs Lou Dobbs regularmente arremetía contra los “empleadores de ilegales.” Sin embargo, el propio Dobbs utilizó mano de obra de indocumentados para que trabajaran en sus propiedades multimillonarias y que atendieran los caballos que le tiene a su hija Hillary. Isabel MacdonaldEl DiarioOctober 7, 2010
AnalysisImmigration, Labor Behind a Human Trafficking Investigation On September 1, the Department of Justice leveled the largest human trafficking indictment in US history… John BoweSeptember 14, 2010
ImpactImmigration, Labor Federal Indictments in Human Trafficking Scheme Mordechai Orian, the target of an Investigative Fund probe into human trafficking, is now under federal indictment, in the largest such federal case in history. Esther KaplanSeptember 7, 2010
NewsBusiness, Labor The Big Beverage Problem A report released last Monday by British NGO War on Want and Unite, Britain’s largest union, “A Bitter Cup,” documents the precarious lives of tea processors and pickers in the developing world. While UK’s socialist daily, the Morningstar, covered the report, it has been for the most part ignored by the media… George WarnerAugust 4, 2010
NewsLabor American Apparel Won’t Hire You Unless You’re Hot Nice scoop by Gawker. The website published documentation today of American Apparel’s “Full Body Head to Toe” Employment Policy — that requires… Marissa Colon-MargoliesJune 9, 2010
InvestigationLabor, World Mexico’s Squid Sweatshops Much of the squid sold in the United States was processed in horrendous conditions in Mexico. Welcome to the Santa Rosalia factory in Baja California Sur. Virginia Sole-SmithThe ProgressiveMay 28, 2010
AnalysisBusiness, Labor Regulators Charged with BP Oversight Used Porn, Crystal Meth on the Job No comment necessary. Nice story, AP. Esther KaplanMay 26, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Labor Bound for America Enticed by unscrupulous recruiters, saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, and working in exploitive, often abusive conditions, guest workers in the United States are legal — but vulnerable to a modern form of indentured servitude. John BoweMother JonesMay 5, 2010
NewsLabor Newspaper Layoffs Aren’t Color-Blind Massive job loses over the last couple of years have fallen particularly hard on people of color, hitting groups already plagued by high unemployment. It turns out this trend applies to the news business too. As daily newspapers continue to hemorrhage staff, these groups are losing out at a higher rate, according to the annual newsroom census by the American Society of Newspapers and Editors. Nicholas KusnetzApril 15, 2010