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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 state’s first regulation protecting indoor workers…

June 24, 2024

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 about various kinds of debt relief,…

June 13, 2024

The Chronic Challenge of Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the midst of the overdose crisis, many harm reduction workers are…

March 20, 2023

California Bill Would Protect Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use

Although California has fully legalized cannabis, workers can still be tested for THC while employed or applying for a job,…

August 24, 2022

New Jersey’s Cannabis Workers Are Rapidly Unionizing

Just months after New Jersey officially launched legal cannabis sales, labor unions are making real progress representing workers. Some of…

July 19, 2022

Cannabis Workers in St. Louis Are Poised to Unionize

On January 6, workers at a medical cannabis company in St. Louis, Missouri, filed a petition for what would reportedly…

January 10, 2022

Why Rhode Island Cannabis Activists Want Worker-Owned Co-Ops

This may be the year Rhode Island legalizes marijuana for adult use. But state lawmakers and the governor, having struggled…

June 29, 2021

“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, organizer and trainer currently serving as…

June 28, 2021

More Cannabis Workers Are Unionizing as Legalization Rolls Forward

Cannabis industry workers are winning key battles to unionize and make labor provisions a part of legalization proposals. On January…

January 16, 2020