Worker exploitation

No $ for Workers As: Auto Giants Pay 1% in taxes Federal Taxes on $42 Billion in Profits

News, Social Justice, Worker exploitation / September 19, 2023

Auto Giants Refusing Union Demands Paid Just 1% in Federal Taxes on $42 Billion in Profits: Analysis “The tax system is rigged to benefit multinational corporations over the workers who keep them running.” BRETT WILKINS Sep 19, 2023 Despite reaping tens of billions of dollars in profits between them over the past five years, General Motors …

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As coronavirus raged, Sonoma County did little to enforce rules on weddings with as many as 100 people

Community Rights, Coronavirus, Crony Capitalism, News, Tourism, Worker exploitation / January 23, 2021

“Officials in Sonoma County, which has ranked worst in the Bay Area for the prevalence of coronavirus cases for most of the year, have taken no enforcement action on complaints that at least 15 large wedding gatherings violated coronavirus restrictions……..“Workers being forced to be in dangerous workplace situations has been the story of the county …

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As coronavirus raged, Sonoma County did little to enforce rules on weddings with as many as 100 people

Community Rights, Coronavirus, Crony Capitalism, News, Tourism, Worker exploitation / January 11, 2021

“Officials in Sonoma County, which has ranked worst in the Bay Area for the prevalence of coronavirus cases for most of the year, have taken no enforcement action on complaints that at least 15 large wedding gatherings violated coronavirus restrictions……..“Workers being forced to be in dangerous workplace situations has been the story of the county …

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As coronavirus raged, Sonoma County did little to enforce rules on weddings with as many as 100 people

Corruption, Health, News, Politics, Social Justice, Tourism, Worker exploitation / December 22, 2020

“This pandemic, just as the wildfire evacuations and recovery, has made clear just how deeply wealth disparities are tied to health disparities here in our county,” said Jennifer Nicole Herman………………“This is the story of a Wine Country wedding industry disregarding the safety and survival of the workers that enable it to thrive.” SF Chronicle: As …

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Sonoma County Farmworkers make National Headlines

Climate, Community Rights, News, Social Equity, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

“Over four years of massive wildfires, the wine region’s agricultural commissioners worked closely with the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and Sonoma County Winegrowers to repeatedly grant permission to growers to harvest in wildfire-evacuation zones.” ‘Touted as ‘essential’… treated as disposable’: Labor Day anger as migrant farm workers toil inside wildfire evacuation zones Published  2 days …

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EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides

Food, News, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

See our earlier article on the Farm Bureau lobbying for kids to spray pesticides: House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children … House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at …

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