“How do I engage with the person serving me my latte/tea/juice? Do I see them as a human being with needs and desires? Where did my beverage’s ingredients come from? What resources were needed to contain/hold the beverage that’s now in my stomach? Who cleans the toilets in the bathroom that I just ran into and used quickly?”
This week, Eleven Madison Park brings back meat, USDA curbs union rights, wildfires rage in Europe, and U.S. agencies delete climate data.
John Deere’s job cuts and new investment in Mexico raise questions about its commitment to American manufacturing.
Failure to recognize the union, unreasonable quotas, and mistreatment of employees are among the reasons farm workers are calling for a boycott.
H-2A workers play a vital role in U.S agriculture but remain uniquely vulnerable to workplace abuses.
US Department of Labor proposes new rule that will increase greater protection for farmworkers against increasingly severe hot temperatures, but it has yet to be adopted or enacted on a national level.
Vertical Harvest, an urban hydroponic farm, is working to bridge the gap in employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities.
The Decent Work for Equitable Food Systems Coalition is calling for decent work across food systems.
Without adequate protections, the health and wellbeing of food delivery workers in Brazil are at stake.
A coffee shop in Brunswick is one of the latest foodservice establishments to form a union in Maine.
Youth from low-income families face significant barriers to career development but soft skill training in the garden can help.
In Augusta, Maine, fast-food restaurant employees are unionizing for better pay, adequate training, and sanitary work conditions for their crew and community.
Some of the Memphis 7 members’ grandparents marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., during the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike. “Now, it’s picking up where they left off.”
The Brave Noise collaboration launched in 2021 when its co-founder, Brienne Allan posed a question to her Instagram followers: “Have you ever experienced sexism in the beer industry?”
Starbucks workers in Buffalo, NY are fighting to unionize.
