AltWeeklies Wire
Silicon Valley's Wage Theft Epidemicnew
A series of egregious wage theft cases show how Silicon Valley’s disruptive industries can open the door for employee abuse.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
03-10-2016 |
Business & Labor
Homeless Techie Launches Janitorial Startupnew
British ex-pat Simon Brooks stumbled into the cleaning business after a failed tech venture left him broke and homeless in Silicon Valley.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
02-25-2016 |
Business & Labor
Longyearbyen's Post-Coal Fate Appears Fishynew
For the first time since the coal mining crisis crippled Longyearbyen's economic foundation more than a year ago, it's a good thing lots of folks are in a crabby mood as a change to Norway's Marine Resources Act will allow seafood processing facilities in Svalbard.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
01-19-2016 |
Business & Labor
California Nudist Resort Exploits Workersnew
A lawsuit claims that the owners of Los Gatos nudist resort Lupin Lodge effectively reduced dozens of live-in workers to indentured servitude.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
10-22-2015 |
Business & Labor
I Was an Undercover Uber Drivernew
I drove a hundred rides for UberX to fact-check whether a middle-of-the-pack driver can make $90,000 a year. This is what I learned.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Emily Guendelsberger |
05-15-2015 |
Business & Labor
Iowa Landowner Offers Details on Bakken Pipeline Prostitution Allegationsnew
Hughie Tweedy says an agent representing Dakota Access LLC has offered to buy him sex in exchange for access to his land. Tweedy’s property, located in Lee County Iowa, falls within the path of the proposed Bakken pipeline.
Little Village |
Drew Bulman |
05-14-2015 |
Business & Labor
How to Build a Brewerynew
It's not for the Mild.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jonathan Wells |
04-22-2015 |
Business & Labor
Welcome to Taco Hellnew
Fast-food workers, particularly in Oakland, often face extremely dangerous conditions, while toiling long hours for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
02-25-2015 |
Business & Labor
Why Some Raleigh Residents are Uptight About Airbnb'snew
Like many cities, Raleigh is grappling with how to regulate Airbnb and companies like it.
INDY Week |
Jane Porter and Franny Badger |
01-29-2015 |
Business & Labor
Tags: AirBnb
Wage Theftnew
Wage theft is committed in communities all over the U.S. Wage claims are made when workers don’t get overtime, when workers get break time deducted from their wages but don’t get their full breaks or when workers don’t get their last paycheck. Sometimes workers never get paid at all.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
11-16-2014 |
Business & Labor
Comcast-Time Warner Deal in Regulators' Handsnew
If approved, the merger would make Comcast, already the largest pay TV and broadband Internet provider in the country, even bigger.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
08-27-2014 |
Business & Labor
In the Company of Strangersnew
I spent a week renting from Airbnb, Uber and other sharing-economy startups.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-26-2014 |
Business & Labor
When the Phillies Suck, The Working Man Suffersnew
A look at how Philadelphia's beer vendors' salaries are directly affected by the team's fortunes.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
08-22-2014 |
Business & Labor
Former Chipotle Employee Suing Over Allegations of Racial Discriminationnew
A former manager at a San Luis Obispo, Calif., Chipotle has filed two lawsuits against the company, claiming she was discriminated against because of her race and faced unfair labor practices.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Colin Rigley |
07-18-2014 |
Business & Labor
The Fight to Unionize the South Brews at an N.C. Slaughterhousenew
Workers struggles to unionize at Mountaire Farms chicken processing plant in the face of management resistance.
INDY Week |
Aaron Lake Smith |
04-16-2014 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Mountaire Farms, Unionization
