What is a person’s labor worth? What about their skills developed across years of training and life’s hard-learned lessons? Is it worth a wage that can support a family or buy a home? Is it worth ...

We examined the injustices of prison labor nationwide — and lay the foundation for a more equitable path forward. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and ...

Is compulsory unpaid labor essential “therapy” or unjust exploitation? This question was on my mind when I interviewed 40 people who had been required to work, without pay, for the Salvation Army’s ...

Rafael Martinez Olivera remembers waking up for school and his parents were already at work, and coming home to find they were still working because of long, demanding hours. Martinez Olivera is now a ...

NGO Global Labor Justice (GLJ) and allies in the Seafood Working Group (SWG) have issued an open letter to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), calling on the certification body to address labor ...

Could it be that “eat green, save the planet” comes with worker exploitation? That Instagram shot of your Mediterranean salad may mask a gloomier reality for the people who hauled in its tuna and ...

A dramatic early-morning raid in Santa Maria last week has drawn widespread attention across the community after federal authorities arrested four people over alleged visa fraud. The operation, ...

As China aggressively expands its economic footprint across the globe, the recent scandal at BYD's Brazilian factory construction site has exposed the darker side of Chinese overseas investment. The ...

The brand was accused of 90-hour work weeks, workers sleeping in the factory, and workers paid €4 an hour to produce coats that sell for €3,000 to over €5,000 Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Loro Piana, a ...