Labor
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How a Fire on a Dairy Farm Led Us to More Than a Year’s Worth of Stories About Immigrant Dairy Workers
ProPublica reporter Melissa Sanchez reflects on what led her to investigate the many dangers and inequities faced by the immigrant workers without whom America’s dairy farms wouldn’t function.
The Law Doesn’t Protect Immigrant Dairy Workers in Substandard Housing
Minnesota’s attorney general exposed conditions at one dairy farm where workers lacked heat and plumbing and dealt with mold in their homes.
When Immigrant Dairy Farm Workers Get Hurt, Most Can’t Rely on Workers’ Compensation
Wisconsin’s exemption for small farms is one of many federal and state carve-outs that have historically left farm workers — and dairy workers in particular — with fewer rights and protections than others.
“Once You’re No Good to Them, They Get Rid of You”
Immigrant workers are essential to Wisconsin’s dairy industry. But when they get injured, they’re often cast aside.
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Impact of Our Reporting
Customer Service Company That Worked With Disney, Comcast Will Pay $2M to Workers to Settle Lawsuit Over Pay Practices
The D.C. attorney general settled with Arise Virtual Solutions for misclassifying workers as “independent contractors.” The action followed a ProPublica story that outlined the violations.
Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Their Ability to Do Business in New York
“We did not have the data to understand the scale of the issue in New York State until the ProPublica and Documented series came out last year,” state Sen. Jessica Ramos said.
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Aprueban $8 millones para viviendas para obreros de granjas. La policía intentará cerrar las brechas lingüísticas.
Funcionarios electos del Condado Dane en Wisconsin dijeron que las reformas responden a la investigación de ProPublica sobre la muerte de un niño nicaragüense en una granja lechera en 2019.
Series
Series: Waiting on Paychecks : New York’s Rampant Wage Theft Goes Unpunished
Series: Peligro en las granjas : Los obreros en la sombra de la industria lechera
Series: America’s Dairyland : Risking Workers’ Lives for the Milk We Drink
Series: The New Sweatshop : The Secretive World of Work-At-Home Customer Service
Series: On the Line : How the Meatpacking Industry Became a Hotbed of COVID-19
Series: Trashed : Inside New York’s Deadly Private Garbage Industry
Series: Half-life : Nuke Lab Workers Getting Sick
Series: Temp Land : Lost Wages, High Injury Rates, Few Benefits
