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Category: Workers’ Rights

How safe are America’s workers? We reveal the hazards employees face in their workplaces, and the protections that often fail them.

Posted inUnequal Risk

Three families vowed to stop a killer chemical. Here’s how they did it.

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

A bathtub. A floor. A bike. The items Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynne and Joshua Atkins had been working on at the time of their deaths less than 10 months apart varied, but what cut their lives short was the same: a chemical in paint strippers and other products sold in stores nationwide. This story also […]

Paint strippers are displayed on a shelf in a hardware store.
Posted inUnequal Risk

The EPA wants to broaden a ban on a deadly chemical on store shelves

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
A pride flag is visible in low light.
Posted inWorkers’ Rights

Religious activists are trying to weaken new protections for LGBTQ workers

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  March 3, 2023February 28, 2023
This illustration shows four things: it shows a woman prepare fast food while someone stand behind her and steals money from her pocket; one shows seafood workers prepping food while a scale with seafood on it is tipped by a hand; and one that shows a woman at a sewing machine making clothes while a hand cuts money with scissors.
Posted inImmigration

New DHS policy protects undocumented whistleblowers

by The Center for Public Integrity January 25, 2023May 23, 2023
A skyline view of downtown Akron, Ohio.
Posted inHealth

It was the Rubber Capital of the World. The health consequences linger.

Yanick Rice Lamb by Yanick Rice Lamb May 17, 2022April 17, 2023
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

Public Integrity makes data behind “Cheated at Work” available

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi March 11, 2022March 10, 2022
Posted inCheated at Work

As guest workers increase, so do concerns about wage cheating

by Susan Ferriss March 2, 2022May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

By the numbers: Wage theft investigations, violations

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi March 2, 2022May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

Resources for guest workers

by The Center for Public Integrity March 2, 2022May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

Con más trabajadores temporales, crece el temor a un mayor robo de salarios

by Susan Ferriss March 2, 2022May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

USPS experts offer advice on how to fight wage theft

by Kimberly Cataudella December 17, 2021May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

See which retail companies didn’t pay their workers

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi December 9, 2021May 23, 2023
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Join us for a live discussion: cheated out of pay at the USPS

by The Center for Public Integrity December 8, 2021May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

The holiday rush is here. Will mail carriers get paid for all their work?

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  December 8, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inCheated at Work

Llegó la época de compras navideñas, ¿se les pagará a los carteros por todo su trabajo?

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  December 8, 2021January 28, 2022
Several workers in the garment industry sew masks to meet the coronavirus demand.
Posted inCheated at Work

Chart: Clothing factories have a wage theft problem

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi November 26, 2021May 23, 2023
Louis DeJoy testifies during a hearing before a House committee.
Posted inCheated at Work

This year at USPS: Mail slowdowns, big executive bonuses for DeJoy and others

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  November 16, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inCheated at Work

¿Temes ser víctima del robo de salarios? Esto es lo que debes saber.

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  October 14, 2021January 2, 2022
An illustration of a garment worker sitting at a sewing machine as she sews. There is a hand that appears with scissors that cuts money that is laying down on the table the worker is sewing on.
Posted inCheated at Work

Wage theft hits immigrants — hard

Avatar photo by Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi October 14, 2021May 23, 2023
An illustration of a garment worker sitting at a sewing machine as she sews. There is a hand that appears with scissors that cuts money that is laying down on the table the worker is sewing on.
Posted inCheated at Work

El robo de salarios es peor en industrias con muchos inmigrantes

Avatar photo by Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi October 14, 2021May 23, 2023
A person walks past pipes at a warehouse.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

Cheating workers on the U.S.-Mexico border

by Susan Ferriss October 8, 2021May 23, 2023
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

What happened when I reported that USPS keeps cheating mail carriers

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  September 10, 2021May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

El Servicio Postal ha engañado a los carteros durante años

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  August 31, 2021May 23, 2023
A USPS worker files her timecard while it is on fire.
Posted inCheated at Work

USPS has cheated mail carriers for years

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  August 31, 2021July 6, 2023
A look at the desolate Industrial Excess Landfill in Uniontown, Ohio.
Posted inWorker Health and Safety

Inside the decades-long fight over an Ohio Superfund site

Yanick Rice Lamb by Yanick Rice Lamb August 18, 2021April 17, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

Robo de salarios

Avatar photo by Alexia Fernández Campbell  and Joe Yerardi May 4, 2021February 28, 2023
Trabajadores de lavandería se manifiestan en Nueva York, alegando abusos de la ley laboral.
Posted inCheated at Work

Trabajar para no recibir dinero

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  May 4, 2021January 28, 2022
Employer steals money from worker's pocket.
Posted inCheated at Work

Ripping off workers without consequences

Avatar photo by Alexia Fernández Campbell  and Joe Yerardi May 4, 2021July 6, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

Facing wage theft? Here’s what you should know.

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  May 4, 2021January 28, 2022
Laundromat workers rally in New York, alleging abuses of labor law.
Posted inCheated at Work

His paycheck bounced. It got worse from there.

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  May 4, 2021January 28, 2022

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