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A labor camp, a Super 8 and a long bus ride home: What happened when COVID-19 hit migrant workers at a Wisconsin canning plant

Every year, thousands of migrant workers leave their homes in Mexico and elsewhere to toil in U.S. farm fields and packaging plants to help feed America. These stories show how […]
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Hot Days: Heat’s Mounting Death Toll On Workers In The U.S.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s primary responsibility is to protect workers from health hazards. But for decades, the agency has failed to adopt a national heat standard to […]
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Poisoned

For years, Gopher Resource, a Tampa lead smelter, exposed hundreds of workers to dangerous levels of lead and other toxic chemicals. At times, the concentrations inside the factory were hundreds […]
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‘We’re ready for a fresh start’: The aftermath of a faculty union strike

Following a strike that fostered months of distrust and anger on all sides, Wright State University administration said they’re taking a series of steps to rebuild trust within the campus […]
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Amazon: Behind The Smiles

This investigation exposed for the first time the true toll of Amazon’s relentless drive for speed, using never-before-public injury records from the company’s warehouses, deep sourcing from current and former […]
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Ripped off

These stories uncover issues of wage theft, violence and labor trafficking of undocumented workers in the fresh produce industry. They are part of a larger series investigating labor law violations […]
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Investigating inequality on any beat

Exposing inequality does not have to be reserved for the "race beat" or a specialized position. These stories are waiting to be told across all beats. In this panel, you'll […]
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