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Worked Over

Conditions and obstacles that workers face in the 21st century

Posted inOil and Mining, Worked Over

John Oliver tells North Dakotans to ‘be angry’ over oil worker deaths

by Jennifer Gollan October 13, 2015June 30, 2021

It’s time for North Dakotans “be angry” at major oil companies that dodge accountability for workers’ deaths and toxic spills, John Oliver said on his HBO news satire show.

Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights

In 2 states, sexual assault laws lag far behind the mainstream

by Bernice Yeung August 25, 2015June 30, 2021

Mississippi is one of two states, along with Idaho, that doesn’t have criminal laws that clearly forbid unwanted sexual touching such as groping and fondling.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Spate of oil field deaths prompts new study of workplace hazards

by Jennifer Gollan August 14, 2015June 30, 2021

The oil boom in North Dakota and elsewhere has claimed the lives of dozens of workers. In response, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said it plans to survey 500 oil field employees starting next year in an effort to improve safety.

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Posted inRape on the Night Shift, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Hell of a job

by Julia B. Chan July 4, 2015July 1, 2021

In Reveal’s July episode, we examine the hidden problem of sexual assault of female janitors on the night shift; explore the legacy of toxic chemicals used in electronics manufacturing, both here and in Asia; and take to the fields to explore why it was so hard to ban a tool that was injuring agricultural workers.

Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights

The long tale of the short-handled hoe

by Julia B. Chan July 4, 2015June 30, 2021

A historic battle over workers’ rights in California started over a simple tool: the short-handled hoe. Known as a “cortito” in Spanish, this short hoe became a symbol of cruelty, oppression and literally back-breaking labor until a lawyer in the early 1970s was able to bring the issue to the state Supreme Court.

Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights

Toxic tech in America

by Laura Starecheski and Jim Morris July 4, 2015June 30, 2021

In 1975, when she was 18, Yvette Flores got a job assembling parts for some of the first supermarket checkout scanners. It took 30 years before she connected her daily chemical exposure at the Silicon Valley manufacturing plant to her son’s severe disabilities.

Posted inRape on the Night Shift, Worked Over

Rape on the night shift

by Julia B. Chan July 4, 2015June 30, 2021

Working under the cover of darkness, night shift janitors are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment and rape. In this segment, we hear from members of a nonprofit who try to root out abuses in the cleaning industry; women who’ve sued janitorial companies for failing to protect them; and an accused rapist who has run his own cleaning company.

Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights

Disposable workers in Asia

by Julia B. Chan July 4, 2015June 30, 2021

Since the 1980s, the electronics industry largely has moved overseas in search of cheaper labor. Reporter Sandra Bartlett went to South Korea to learn more about a movement that has sprung up to investigate the illnesses and deaths of factory employees at Samsung, one of the largest electronics companies in the world.

Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

OSHA to take hard look at ‘big oil’ in the Bakken

by Jennifer Gollan July 3, 2015June 30, 2021

Following a Reveal investigation into worker deaths and injuries in the Bakken oil fields, a top federal workplace safety regulator in North Dakota announced plans for a tougher enforcement strategy intended to hold major energy companies accountable for workplace accidents.

Posted inRape on the Night Shift, Worked Over

7 solutions that could help stop rape on the night shift

by Bernice Yeung June 30, 2015June 30, 2021

Learn more about potential solutions that could help address on-the-job sexual assault among night shift janitors, some of the country’s most invisible workers.

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