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.
Workers’ Rights
In the ceaseless push for profits, corporate accountability and safety often take a back seat.
Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
Toxic tech in America
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 inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
Disposable workers in Asia
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
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, Workers’ Rights
What’s the government doing to stop the abuse of janitors?
Listen to KQED’s three-part radio series for our Rape on the Night Shift investigation.
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Reveal y colaboradores presentan el documental Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna
Reveal del Centro de Reportajes Investigativos, Univision, FRONTLINE, KQED y el Programa de Reportajes Investigativos de UC Berkeley presentan el documental Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna.
Posted inRape on the Night Shift, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Bajo la oscuridad, trabajadoras de limpieza enfrentan violaciones y acoso
La mujer que limpia por la jornada nocturna es un blanco fácil para el abuso. Ella entra a fichar después de que el último trabajador haya apagado las luces y cerrado las puertas con llave.
Posted inInside the Newsroom, Rape on the Night Shift, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Join our live chat about Rape on the Night Shift
We’re bringing together three of the journalists behind our Rape on the Night Shift investigation for a live chat to answer your questions.
Posted inImmigration, Rape on the Night Shift, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Under cover of darkness, female janitors face rape and assault
Sexual assault can happen anywhere. But the way the problem has played out in the workplace largely has escaped public attention. And the night shift janitor is an easy target for abuse.
Posted inEnvironment, Oil and Mining, Workers’ Rights
Death in the Bakken
Reveal reporter Jennifer Gollan heads to North Dakota to examine the story of one young man’s tragic death in the Bakken oil fields, exposing the dangers oil workers face.