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.
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 moreUnregulated 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
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
Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers
Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment & Labor Laws in America's Cities | Annette Bernhardt et al., 2009
Worker Centers: Organizing at the Edge of a Dream
Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream | Janice Fine
Chicago’s Growing Low-Wage Workforce
Chicago's Growing Low-Wage Workforce | Marc Doussard, Ph.D
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