As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they鈥檙e on strike.
Despite years of progress, Hollywood is still majority white, male, and able-bodied, especially in leadership. A new effort is trying to seed the industry with more disabled people, especially disabled Black women creatives.
Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
Guatemalan and Salvadoran immigrants helped organize far-reaching workers鈥 rights campaigns in industries that mainstream unions had thought to be untouchable.
鈥淲hen I think of the many ways we鈥攍aborers, neighbors, people in community with one another鈥攁re failing each other, I think first and foremost of the institution of work as we know it.鈥
From Amazon to Starbucks, employees are demanding better pay and working conditions from companies that have long had a free hand to maximize profits at any cost.
Talks of work-life balance often exclude low-wage women workers of color. Including them means investing in basic policies like equal pay and paid time off.