Economic Resources
Unions
Activists
Coalition of Immokalee Workers — “a worker-based human rights organization internationally recognized for its achievements in fighting human trafficking and gender-based violence at work. The CIW is also recognized for pioneering the design and development of the Worker-driven Social Responsibility paradigm, a worker-led, market-enforced approach to the protection of human rights in corporate supply chains.”
Fair Food Program — “a unique partnership among farmers, farmworkers, and retail food companies that ensures humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables on participating farms. It harnesses the power of consumer demand to give farmworkers a voice in the decisions that affect their lives, and to eliminate the longstanding abuses that have plagued agriculture for generations.”
Articles/Essays/Op-eds
We Have a Question for Jeff Bezos and Other Billionaires Will you finally let your workers unionize? By Tim Bray and Christy Hoffman. “Union-represented Amazon workers in Spain, Italy, France and Germany initially failed to resolve their concerns through negotiation, but with court action, regulatory intervention and strikes, they got their needs addressed.”
The Radical Guidebook Embraced by Google Workers and Uber Drivers, Noam Scheiber
State of the Unions, Caleb Crain
As Grass-Roots Labor Activism Rises, Will Unions Take Advantage?, No
Yes, America Is Rigged Against Workers, Steven Greenhouse
Books