Tag: labor
CA Mandates Extreme Heat Workplace Safety, Except in Forced Labor Camps
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the ...
Prison Call Center Jobs Pay Minimum Wage, Which for Us Seems to Be $1.30
I work at prison call center. My job is to read from a script ...
The Chronic Challenge of Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the midst of the overdose ...
California Bill Would Protect Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use
Although California has fully legalized cannabis, workers can still be tested for THC while ...
New Jersey’s Cannabis Workers Are Rapidly Unionizing
Just months after New Jersey officially launched legal cannabis sales, labor unions are making ...
Cannabis Workers in St. Louis Are Poised to Unionize
On January 6, workers at a medical cannabis company in St. Louis, Missouri, filed ...
Why Rhode Island Cannabis Activists Want Worker-Owned Co-Ops
This may be the year Rhode Island legalizes marijuana for adult use. But state ...
“I Want to Feel Joyful”: Aimée-Josiane Twagirumukiza on Pride, Juneteenth and LGBTQ Labor
Aimée-Josiane Twagirumukiza is many things: Black, Rwandan, queer, an immigrant. They are an advocate, ...
More Cannabis Workers Are Unionizing as Legalization Rolls Forward
Cannabis industry workers are winning key battles to unionize and make labor provisions a ...
