labor Archives - Reveal

A brick McDonald’s restaurant at night.

PPP aid flooded fast food outlets facing labor complaints

by Gabriel Thompson June 2, 2021June 30, 2021

One McDonald’s chain in Chicago received half a million dollars in forgivable federal loans. Then came complaints of COVID-19 safety failures and a deadly outbreak.

All Work. No Pay.

Salvation Army faces lawsuit over labor violations

by Shoshana Walter May 14, 2021June 30, 2021

The venerated charity is one of the largest providers of drug rehab in the United States. Now former participants are demanding wages for uncompensated “work therapy” at thrift stores.

Rampant racial disparities plagued how billions of dollars in PPP loans were distributed in the U.S.

by Laura C. Morel, Mohamed Al Elew and Emily Harris May 1, 2021August 11, 2021

An analysis of Paycheck Protection Program lending reveals stark disparities across the country. In the LA area, businesses in White neighborhoods received loans at a far higher rate than in Latinx, Black and Asian ones.

A baseball player is at bat and has a hit, which explodes in a red and yellow cascade of coins.

Labor

Minor league pay

by Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson March 27, 2021July 1, 2021

The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players aren’t the only ones crying foul.

An illustration shows a series of photos laying across a table. The photo in the foreground shows a caregiver and a senior man smiling as they lean on each other.

The unpaid cost of elder care

by Al Letson, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Jennifer Gollan, Brett Myers, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs March 6, 2021July 1, 2021

An investigation of wage theft, harassment and intimidation in the care-home industry.

Inequality, Worked Over

Federal judge sides with Reveal, ruling injury and illness data is public

by Reveal staff June 5, 2020June 5, 2020

The decision has far reaching implications and could force the federal government to release tens of thousands of workplace injury reports.

Outside of an Amazon warehouse, a protester holds a sign saying "money come and go, but health is irreplaceable. Shut down Amazon."

Behind the Smiles, COVID-19

Inside one of Amazon’s hardest-hit warehouses: ‘Why aren’t we closing the building?’

by Will Evans May 20, 2020June 30, 2021

The company’s long-simmering tensions with its warehouse workers have spilled over in the coronavirus pandemic.

Larger than life size cutout billboards portray farm workers standing at the edge of a farm field.

Essential workers

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa, Will Carless, Patrick Michels, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Michael I Schiller, Emily Schwing, Brett Myers, Jen Chien, Taki Telonidis, Sumi Aggarwal, Byard Duncan, Andy Donohue, Narda Zacchino, Esther Kaplan and Soo Oh April 4, 2020July 1, 2021

Farmworkers, grocery store clerks and airline employees are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. But what’s being done to protect them?

Nancy Pelosi, wearing a blue suit, sits at a table signing a bill. A sign reading "families first" is on the table. A group of officials surrounding her applauds.

How OSHA has failed to protect America’s workers from COVID-19

by Emily Schwing April 4, 2020June 30, 2021

Efforts to create a federal rule to protect workers from infectious diseases have dragged on for decades.

A worker in scrubs at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., wears a mask as she leaves the building.

COVID-19, Health Care

As coronavirus spreads, caregivers in elder care facilities fear they can’t afford to call in sick

by Jennifer Gollan March 6, 2020June 30, 2021

Many low-wage caregivers lack paid sick leave and health care, increasing the risk of exposure for a vulnerable population.