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Stop Stealing From Strippers
In every strip club I’ve worked in, it’s the same: We’re exploited. By Antonia Crane.
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How smuggled workers power ‘Made in China’
On a quiet river bend on the China-Vietnam border, a group of people clambered up a muddy bank. They had just glided across the river from the Vietnamese side in a longboat, guided by men on both banks signaling with flashlights... By James Pomfret.
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Chinese Textile Mills Are Now Hiring in Places Where Cotton Was King
Chinese textile manufacturers drawn by cheap cotton, falling labor costs and government incentives are helping revive depressed mill towns in the American South. By Hiroko Tabuchi with Alexandra Stevenson.
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A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared
When Dan Price announced he was setting a minimum salary of $70,000 for his 120 employees, he didn’t foresee the turmoil it would cause for his business.
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What you sound like to a Sysadmin
We all know that what we say is only a part of what we actually communicate. Like a good doctor, a trained Sysadmin starts an assessment and diagnosis of your problem before you even reach their desk (and then, in some cases, come round the desk, lean over, read everything on the monitor and then touch it for no reason – you know who you are). Whatever you say, the chances are they've heard it before, believed it, been burned, and vowed never to believe it again.
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Millennial Men Aren’t the Dads They Thought They’d Be
Gender, Work-Family Ideals, and Institutional Constraint
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Inequality is Central to the Productivity-Pay Gap
Matt Yglesias is an insightful writer, but his recent article, “Hillary Clinton’s favorite chart is pretty misleading” is itself very misleading. Since the Clinton campaign’s “favorite chart” is an EPI chart, which Jared Bernstein and I originally came up with twenty years ago, I think it’s important to set the record straight. The main problem is that Yglesias does not actually engage with the chart he says he’s criticizing.
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Work Advice: How to handle a boss who puts religion first at the office
His habits and mannerisms make some workers uncomfortable. But are those habits illegal?
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Blocked From Trade Pact By Its Failure on Slavery, Malaysia Suddenly Gets a Passing Grade
The lack of evidence that Malaysia has taken steps against slavery raises the possibility that the decision was made for purely political reasons. By David Dayen.
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The Insecure World of Freelancing
Millions of workers now go it alone—who will provide them with basic labor protections? By Nancy Cook.
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Asia's Abuse of Domestic Workers Laid Bare
An Indonesian domestic worker, who now calls herself Susi, describes the start of the abuse cycle which shaped her life for nearly a year.
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Recovering the Lost Lessons of West Virginia’s Historic Labor Struggles
When looking back at the mine battles of the early 1900s, West Virginia officials are as guilty of misrepresenting the state's rich history as any outsider. By Mark Hand.
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Khandias: The Keepers of Doongerwadi
Among Parsis, Khandias are a group of people spoken about only in hushed tones. It is their job to bathe and carry the deceased of the community to the Towers of Silence for vultures, and then tend to the mortal remains, pushing them ritually into a deep pit at the centre of the circular ‘tower’ … By Lhendup G Bhutia.
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Frigid offices, freezing women, oblivious men: An air-conditioning investigation
You can spot them. The frozen ones who come outside at lunch like sun-seeking turtles, cardigans balled up next to them, bare shoulders defrosting in the noon sunlight, no matter how wilting it is outdoors. Every single woman I talked to in downtown Washington on a hot, humid July afternoon was thawing out. “I. Am. Fuh-reezing. Feel my hand — I’m still cold,” said Ruth Marshall, 64, who was seated on a park bench, face to the sky. And, yes, her hand felt like a cold steak.
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What the ‘Times’ Got Wrong About Nail Salons
Rarely does a newspaper story get the kind of response that The New York Times front-page exposé of wage-theft at nail salons prompted this spring. But was it true? By Richard Bernstein
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Subversive games about waitresses and hairdressers
I spent my 20s in the service industry, overworked and underpaid. Why, now, do these games help me relax? By Laura Hudson. (April)
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The Essential Guide to Crafting a Work Email
There are rules.
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Higher Minimum-Wage Proposals Gain Ground on Both Coasts
The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the country Wednesday, with New York embracing an eventual $15 an hour for the state's 200,000 fast-food workers and the huge University of California system announcing the same raise for its employees. "How we support our...
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The Last European: Romanian Driver Navigates the Soul of the EU
For the past decade, Viktor Talic has been driving a van across Europe, delivering people and goods. His 50-hour, nearly sleepless journey offers a disquieting, yet inspiring, glimpse into the Continent's soul. By Juan Moreno.
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Coal Miners Struggle to Survive in an Industry Battered by Layoffs and Bankruptcy
Shrinking exports and America’s growing reliance on hydraulic fracturing and renewable energy have left coal producers in deep trouble. By Clifford Krauss.
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