Friday, July 31, 2009

New Worker Rights Blog

“Working In These Times“ is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and the struggles of workers to obtain safe, healthy and just workplaces.

As newspapers have declined, so has labor journalism. Workers—those now protected by unions, those lacking a union at work and those seeking to reform their unions—are increasingly absent in media. This is especially true for the most vulnerable workers, particularly those who are undocumented and easily exploited. The stories of these and other workers are not being told. The dearth of labor coverage in print media is reflected online, where original reporting on labor and workers’ rights issues is scarce.

Supported by a generous grant from the Public Welfare Foundation, “Working In These Times“ seeks to reverse the decline of labor journalism by making original news about workers’ struggles freely accessible to Internet readers, many of whom are perhaps less familiar with America’s history of workers’ rights struggles.

Check it out here:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/

Or by clicking the link on the right side of this page.

Enjoy!

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