Spencer Woodman is a journalist based in New York. He has written on labor for The Nation and The Guardian.
You can follow him on Twitter at @spencerwoodman and reach him via email at Contactspencerwoodman@gmail.com.
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Labor
New Survey Reports Uber Drivers Are Investing Big in the Company But Get Little Stability
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Labor
Nashville Voted To Give Poor People, Locals New Construction Jobs. But the State GOP Blocked It.
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Labor
Remember How Jeb Bush Dismantled Florida’s Department of Labor?
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Labor
When Temp Workers Die While Being Taken to the Job, Who’s Responsible?
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Feature
EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show Comcast Ghostwrote Pro-TWC Merger Letters of Support for Hawaii Governor
New records reveal that the cable giant wrote a lobbying letter signed by the Aloha State's head.
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Labor
EXCLUSIVE: 19.7 Million Finance and Insurance Workers Subject to Political Lobbying By Their Bosses
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Labor
EXCLUSIVE: Rock, Roll ‘n Wage Raises: Guitar Center Announces Pay Hike Following Employee Organizing
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Labor
Opposed by Business Lobby, Iowa’s Wage-Theft Bill Is Poised To Die
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Feature
Wage Theft’s Top Cop
Meet Julie A. Su, bane of the deadbeat employer
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Labor
Virginia Restores Funding to Wage-and-Hour Department
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Feature
The Wage Theft Epidemic
Thanks to a wave of government cuts, there's no one to stop your boss from withholding your pay.
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