Challenging the Business of Fear Report
MEDIA ADVISORY
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MAY 18th, 2017
Media Contact: Joanna Arellano, Raise the Floor Alliance
Phone: 773.934.1511 / jarellano[at]raisetheflooralliance[dot]org / @RaisetheFloor
Widespread Workplace Violations in Illinois Breeding a Climate of Fear and Illegality
Workers Release New Report and Call on Local, State Reps to Act in Trump Era
Read moreBroken Laws, Unprotected Workers
Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment & Labor Laws in America's Cities | Annette Bernhardt et al., 2009
Raise the Floor and Build Ladders
Raise the Floor and Build Ladders: Workforce Strategies Supporting Mobility and Stability for Low-Income Workers | Maureen Conway & Steven L. Dawson
Challenging the Business of Fear Report
The report, Challenging the Business of Fear, features first-of-its-kind research based on surveys and interviews with nearly 300 workers employed in a broad cross-section of Illinois’ low-wage industries. Collaborators, Raise the Floor Alliance, a coalition of Chicago-area worker centers, and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI), captured what happened when these workers were injured or tried to address abuse at work.
Worker Centers: Organizing at the Edge of a Dream
Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream | Janice Fine
Unregulated Work in Chicago
Unregulated Work in Chicago: The Breakdown of Workplace Protections in the Low-Wage Labor Market | Nik Theodore et al., 2010
Resources from NESRI
Retaliation Survey and Interview Documentation Tools (English, Spanish)
Denied Dignity at Work in Illinois: An Initial Report of Findings
Denied Dignity at Work in Illinois: Initial Research Findings (Pamphlet)
Protect Temp Workers Who Blow the Whistle
Government-Community Workplace Partnerships in Enforcement
The Abuse that Keeps Wage Theft in the Dark
Chicago’s Growing Low-Wage Workforce
Chicago's Growing Low-Wage Workforce | Marc Doussard, Ph.D
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