Michelle Chen - In These Times

Michelle Chen is a contributing writer at In These Times and The Nation, a contributing editor at Dissent and a co-producer of the “Belabored” podcast. She studies history at the CUNY Graduate Center. She tweets at @meeshellchen.

Court Okays Labor Department Rule: Guestworkers Must Earn Prevailing Wages

Workers Can ‘Don and Doff’ Off the Clock, Says Court

Who’s Really To Blame for Unemployment?

A House Is Not a Home Without Rights for Care Workers

Coal Spill Puts Spotlight on Colombia’s Labor and Environmental Struggles

Capitalists for a Higher Minimum Wage

New York’s All-Day Pre-K Plan: Good News for Teachers?

Despite Violence, Cambodian Workers Vow To Continue Their Fight

Dignitary’s Maid Reveals Indignities of Domestic Work

Angry Workers Swarm Seoul’s Streets, Demand President Resign

The U.S. Government Uses Sweatshops, Too

Advice for Young Women: Get a Union Job

National Paid Family Leave May Finally Be on the Horizon

Teachers Seek to ‘Reclaim’ Education

Sex Workers in France Resist Attacks on Their Liberty

‘From Bean to Cup,’ Starbucks Labor Action Heats Up

Wait for Medical Relief Drags on for Last of Ground Zero Victims

A New Day, A New Danger: Temporary Workers Face Safety Hazards at Work

Qatar’s World Cup Spectacle Brought to You by Slavery

From U.S. to Philippines, Nurses Mobilize in Typhoon Haiyan’s Wake

Instructors Often Pressured to Censor Themselves, Says Professor Scolded for ‘Tea Party’ Email

How Sandy Clean-Up Brought Day Laborers Out of the Shadows

Exploitation Remains the Name of the Game at Dell’s Chinese Factories

A Halloween Nightmare in Juárez

Minimum-Wage Hike Won’t Appease Bangladeshi Workers

Guitar Center Workers Rock the Shop Floor

Educators Wary of Tech Fixes for College Affordability Crisis

Migrant Women Bring Voices to Capital

When Federal Contracts Turn Into Corporate Welfare

Wage Wars: Bangladeshi Workers Reach a Boiling Point

New York City Immigrants Test a New Economic “Bridge”

Ban Ki-Moon Accused of Union-Busting at UN

Mexico City Erupts Over Neoliberal Education Bill

Carwash Workers and Capitol Hill: Immigration in Limbo

Bullet-proof Jobs: Summer Employment May Help Stem Youth Violence

Carnivals Are No Picnic for Migrant Workers

Unions Under Siege in Guatemala

No Room of Their Own for New Yorkers in Need

Privatization threatens New York's public housing system.

Caring for Workers Who Care for Our Loved Ones

More Bad Apple: Watchdog Exposes New Chinese Factory Abuses

No Papers, No Fear

The 'Dream 9' represent a radical strand of the immigration movement that's fed up with compromise.

Farmworkers Face Silent Spring in the Fields

‘Bargain’ on Immigration Would Feed Prison Profits

The private prison industry stands to gain millions from the Senate's reform plan.

Your ‘Distressed’ Jeans Are Wearing Out Workers’ Lungs

What India’s Sex Workers Want: Power, Not Rescue

Disaster Unpreparedness: Wildfire Tragedy Sheds Light on Dangerous Budget Gaps

Boss-napped: What We Can Learn From China’s Labor Banditry

From Dhaka to Broadway, Protests Target Bangladesh Factory Death Traps

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