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Underpaid and unsupported, video game testers in Canada unionized against exploitation

Maximillian Alvarez

June 21, 2023 |

The Real News Network |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Edmonton, Alberta

Video game testers built solidarity for their union effort by starting one-on-one conversations with coworkers in online chat servers. When it came time to vote, employees approved the union unanimously, giving them new legal protections while a contract is being negotiated.

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In conservative northern Nigeria, all-female automobile workshop screws gender stereotypes

Amina Gambari

June 18, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sokoto

The Nana Female Mechanic Workshop in Sokoto, Nigeria, helps women gain the skills to pursue careers in mechanics and gain economic independence. The all-female workshop only attends to cars owned by women and is intended to combat gender-role stereotypes.

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An Appalachian model for building place-based community wealth

Frances Nguyen

May 15, 2023 |

Prism |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Morganton, North Carolina

The Industrial Commons (TIC) strives to create an inclusive economy based on community between employee-owned social enterprises and industrial cooperatives, creating a more democratized, worker-centric environment. Since 2015, TIC has launched five cooperative businesses, employing more than 100 workers, and is working to grow the number of businesses to 75 by 2025.

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Colombia's Women-Led Electric Bus Fleet Is Reshaping Bogotá's Public Transit

Jose Orozco

May 08, 2023 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

La Rolita is a public transit service in Bogotá, Colombia that prioritizes hiring women drivers and runs completely on electric buses. Women make up nearly half of the fleet's drivers, and the system now includes 11 routes covering roughly 210 miles in the city.

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"Only 20 out of 50 people managed to get a job": what is wrong with work for deaf Ukrainians, and what are the solutions

Alice Smahina

May 05, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

The Ukrainian Society of the Deaf offers employment opportunities and workplace support for people with hearing impairments, which has become especially important for people displaced by the war. The society's help extends throughout the job-hunting process, from helping people retrieve documents necessary for job applications to attending interviews with them to interpret and communicate with potential employers.

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The Deliveristas

Daniel Alarcón Natalia Sánchez Loayza

May 02, 2023 |

Radio Ambulante |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Deliveristas Unidos started as a WhatsApp group for local delivery workers to connect, but over time it turned into a mobilized organization of thousands of delivery workers ready to take to the streets to protect their rights as workers. Through their organizing, the group managed to get a legislative package passed that enacted several laws that guaranteed their rights and protections, including access to bathrooms in restaurants across the city, transparent communication with delivery apps about tips, as well as hourly pay.

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A West Philly high school is giving the entire junior class work experience through a robust new internship program

Frank Festa

May 02, 2023 |

Billy Penn |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boys’ Latin Charter High School in West Philadelphia is changing up the traditional school day with a program that matches the entire junior class with internships at different places around the city. Students are matched with partner businesses and organizations based on their interests so they can better understand what they want to do after high school and have more equitable opportunities.

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Harlem Organization Helped Change the Face of Construction

Damaso Reyes

April 27, 2023 |

New York Amsterdam News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Harlem, New York

Fight Back, Inc. is a local community-based organization that worked to get construction jobs for Blacks, Spanish-surnamed, and other minorities in New York City over the years. The organization has been very effective in integrating the skilled and construction trades and ensuring workers of color have equal opportunity and has been replicated in other cities like Seattle and Detroit.

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Ride-hailing apps have a gender problem. These women drivers are fighting back

Nita Bhalla Albert Han Fintan McDonnell

April 26, 2023 |

Context |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Women-only taxi companies like An Nisa in Nairobi empower women to become rideshare drivers. These opportunities combat gender bias and create a safer space for women.

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The Mexican women breathing new life into Yucatán's mangrove forests

Lorena Arroyo Gladys Serrano

April 10, 2023 |

El País |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Yucatan

A group of women from a fishing village in southern Mexico are restoring mangroves on the Yucatán Peninsula. While the group, known as las chelemeras, is reviving the local ecosystem, the members also find personal empowerment from the work and the pay.

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