Two workers wearing green shirts and blue pants work underneath a car in an automobile factory. There are assembly lines, partially constructed cars, tools and electrical equipment in the background.
Lorena Roque Last week, a federal judge in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint employer rule. This rule is crucial to protecting workers’ rights, ensuring fair labor practices, and increasing corporate accountability. The joint employer rule would treat companies as joint…
Research shows that internships allow people to explore different careers, gain valuable work experience, and network with professionals in various fields. Youth are the future leaders of tomorrow. Let’s invest in them today.
Despite the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into law over 30 years ago, our nation still has work to do before achieving true equity and economic justice for people with disabilities.
Authorizing strikes—as the PRO Act would reinforce—is just part of how stadium workers can gain leverage in their fight to improve labor conditions at the negotiating table.
Three girls walking down an isle in the supermarket while out together shopping for food.
If you were claimed as a dependent in 2020, but not in 2021, you can be eligible for the third stimulus payment—even if someone received a payment on your behalf. Read on for a breakdown of some of the basic rules you need to know.
A new paper details the racist roots of administrative burdens in Medicaid, describes how these burdens continue to harm eligible people – particularly people of color—and provides specific recommendations for states to reduce administrative burden as a key strategy for advancing racial equity in Medicaid.
There have been increasing reports across different states of people who use EBT cards falling victim to card ‘skimming’ schemes, which is detrimental for people receiving SNAP and TANF who are living in poverty. CLASP recommends actions for state agencies.
For decades we have failed to protect farmworkers and their families from the corporate greed that has fueled harmful occupational practices in the agricultural industry. We must work together to protect workers and their families from the many occupational hazards they endure.
Workers have broken new ground in 2022 with unionization efforts nationwide, and their most recent victory in the halls of Capitol Hill is no exception.
Me and “Aunt Consie,” aka Constance Baker Motley, in 2000
To celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month, Nia West-Bey reflects on role of people of West Indian heritage, including her own relatives, in movements for social justice and Black liberation in the United States.
Threats to farmworkers, such as fewer worker protections and unsafe working environments, call for new federal policies and investments to protect all workers across the food supply industry, support immigration rights, and transform our agricultural system.