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.

Workplace Toxics Reveal the Beauty Industry’s Ugly Side

Working Women’s Bodies Besieged by Environmental Injustice

Israel’s Anti-migrant Violence Fueled by Racial and Economic Segregation

Unwelcome Guests: Work Visa Programs Cheat Global Labor, Build Global Capital

Nurses, Patients Voice Frustration Over Avoidable Hospital Staffing Crisis

Terror in the Fields: Migrant Women Face Sexual Violence on the Job

Facing Common Struggles, Domestic Workers Mobilize Across Borders

Shame of the Nation: House VAWA Bill Ratchets Up Attacks on Domestic Violence Survivors

Child Labor and Agribusiness Churn Washington’s Food Fight

U.N. Strike Shows Convergence of Labor and Middle East Politics

Beyond May Day, Frustrated Immigrant Movement Forges Ahead

Freeing the University: Education Occupation on May Day

Depression Symptoms: What’s Behind Europe’s Spike in Suicides

Labor Action and Inaction in Colombia Free Trade Deal

Romney-Rosen Firestorm Is Reminder: We Need to Redefine Gender Justice

Apple’s Two Faces: Power Gaps Between Brazil and China Foxconn Workers

The Boss Man Cometh: Through State Tax Breaks, Employers Pilfer Workers’ Earnings

Participatory Budgeting Lets New Yorkers Experiment With Economic Democracy

Free Agents: Will Micro-Labor Shrink Workplace Rights?

Unrest in Indonesia’s Mines: Local Chaos and Global Injustice

Citing ‘Tradition,’ Big Ag Fights Reforms for Child Farmworkers

State Dept. Confirms Criticism of Student Guestworker Program: It’s About Work, not Culture

As Helping Hands for Elders, Home Care Workers Push for Respect

Even With Daisey’s Lies Peeled Away, Apple’s Rotten Core Exposed

Makers, Takers and $2-a-dayers

Labor Campaign Calls on Olympic Brand Companies to Play Fair

Blacklisted as ‘Troublemakers,’ U.K. Construction Workers Struggle for Justice

Student Labor Scandal Illuminates the Gray Market for Guestworkers

In All-India General Strike, Workers Go All Out Against Neoliberalism

While Schools Sink, NYC Teachers Get Slammed in Shame Game

Workers Hold Key to Reigniting Egypt’s Revolution

In Growing Labor Struggle, Jazz Artists Harmonize Music and Justice

Banana Republic Legacy Thrives in Today’s Latin America

On Hostile Ground, America’s Guestworkers Seek Justice

Migrants Struggle in the Shadows of Asia’s Rising Tide of Inequality

Children of Immigrants Targeted by Tax Warfare in Congress

In Year of Uprisings, Reporters Brave Crackdowns from Wall St. to Tahrir Square

Facing Maternity Care Gaps, Midwives Push for Birthing Justice

Amid ‘Turnaround Agenda,’ Teachers, Communities Overshadowed by Corporate Reforms

The Right to Be Healthy: Supreme Court Weighs Sick Leave for State Workers

After Tragedy, Apple Tries to Polish Image on Workers’ Rights

Amid Fuel Price Crisis, Nigeria Goes on Strike

Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights Highlights Split Within Organized Labor

Despite New Rule on Livestock Antibiotics, Infection Risks Still Plague Workers, Communities

Will Peasants and Migrant Workers Forge China’s New Political Vanguard?

Nepal’s Migrants Lured By Empty Promises, Trapped by Bosses Abroad

Oil Workers Rise Up in Kazakhstan, Face Brutal Crackdown

With Anti-Immigrant Law, Alabama is Again Ground Zero for Civil Rights

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