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What Work Is Like in the U.S.

140 stories published since 2015

Millions of Federal Workers Still Waiting on Work-From-Home Order During Coronavirus Pandemic

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Coronavirus Panic Buying Puts Grocery Workers and Shoppers at Risk of Infection

by Alexandra Zayas,

The Postal Service Fired Thousands of Workers for Getting Injured While Delivering and Processing Your Mail

by Maryam Jameel,

Have You Been Injured Working for the U.S. Postal Service?

by Maryam Jameel,

Chemical Companies Are Building Their Plants Overseas and Shipping Them Back In. They Still Get State Tax Breaks.

by Sara Sneath, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Black Farmers Say a Top Chicken Company Turned Them Away

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Trump’s USDA Is Letting Factories With Troubling Safety Records Slaughter Chickens Even Faster

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Ex-IBM Executive Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Names of Employees Over Age 50 Who’d Been Laid Off

by Peter Gosselin,

Ill Nuclear Workers’ Benefits Petitions Have to Be Reviewed Within 6 Months. Some Have Languished About a Decade.

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

In an 18-Year-Old Program to Help Ill Nuclear Workers, a Petition Has Lingered for 10 Years

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

The Los Alamos Lab Worker Who Started a Year Too Late for Benefits

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Half-Life

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Amid Accusations of Age Bias, IBM Winds Down a Push for Millennial Workers

by Peter Gosselin and Ariana Tobin,

Private Trash Haulers Resist New Safety Measures

by Kiera Feldman for ProPublica,

How Struggling Dayton, Ohio, Reveals the Chasm Among American Cities

by Alec MacGillis,

At Hearing for Bronx Trash Hauler, More Questions About Safety and Oversight

by Kiera Feldman for ProPublica,

Treated Like Trash

by Lucas Waldron and Katie Campbell,

Hell on Wheels

by Kiera Feldman, Voice of America, special to ProPublica,

Federal Watchdog Launches Investigation of Age Bias at IBM

by Peter Gosselin,

Treated Like Trash

by Kiera Feldman, Voice of America, special to ProPublica,

Injured Nuclear Workers Finally Had Support. The Trump Administration Has Mothballed It.

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection

by Kiera Feldman, The Investigative Fund,

One Night on a Private Garbage Truck in New York City

by Al Shaw and Kiera Feldman, The Investigative Fund,

Florida Lawmakers to Review Law Targeting Injured Undocumented Workers

by Howard Berkes, NPR News, and Michael Grabell, ProPublica,

Se lesionaron en el trabajo. Y entonces fueron deportados.

by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR News,

They Got Hurt at Work. Then They Got Deported.

by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR News,

Senator Demands Answers From Case Farms

by Michael Grabell,

The Breakthrough: A Reporter Crosses Borders to Uncover Labor Abuse

by Joaquin Sapien,

Supreme Court Won’t Take Up R.J. Reynolds Age Discrimination Case

by Peter Gosselin,

Can Low-Wage Industries Survive Without Immigrants and Refugees

by Michael Grabell,

Case Farms Responds to Our Story

by ProPublica,

Sold for Parts

by Michael Grabell,

Vendidos por Piezas

by Michael Grabell,

Photos: Returning to the Roots of Case Farms’ Workforce

by Michael Grabell,

Conociendo los orígenes de la mano de obra de Case Farms

by Michael Grabell,

Inside Corporate America’s Campaign To Ditch Workers’ Comp

Michael Grabell,

The Fallout of Workers’ Comp ‘Reforms’: 5 Tales of Harm

Michael Grabell,

How Much Is Your Arm Worth? Depends On Where You Work

Michael Grabell,

‘I Try to Forget’

Michael Grabell,

The Demolition of Workers’ Comp

Michael Grabell,