Melody Kemp, a full-time writer covering labor and environmental issues, worked in occupational health and safety for 30 years. She is the author of Working for Life: Sourcebook on Occupational Health for Women, which is available for free download at the Asia Monitor Resource Centre, and has worked for the United Nations in Asia. She speaks fluent Indonesian and lives in Vientiane, Laos.
Labor
Dusts of Death: Asian Activists Gather to Fight Workplace Illnesses
Melody Kemp
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.