Activists are demanding that FARM Rio end its partnership with Starbucks over allegations of slavery and child labor in its supply chain, as well as union-busting complaints in the U.S. @evelazquez.bsky.social for @prismreports.org prismreports.org/2025/06/12/f...

Coalition calls on FARM Rio to ditch Starbucks partnership over slavery, child labor, union-busting allegations, @evelazquez.bsky.social reports. The call comes after accusations of slavery & child labor within Starbucks’ intl. supply chains, as well as widespread union-busting complaints in the US.

This excellent article in @prismreports.org describes why workers are organizing for equity—and calling on REI to live up to its values. Read and share!
#REIUnion #REIWorkersSpeakOut #OptOutside

A new survey from @nelp.org reveals that almost half of REI workers have witnessed racial discrimination, along with widespread age/gender discrimination & growing discontent with work conditions, @evelazquez.bsky.social‬ reports:
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Amid reports of racial discrimination, < 4% of REI workers say the co-op is becoming a better place to work.

My @nelp.org colleague Hannah Chimowitz & I spoke to @evelazquez.bsky.social @prismreports.org about our new survey of REI workers prismreports.org/2025/05/27/r... #REIWorkersSpeakOut

The ballot measure that advocates in Lincoln, NE, worked to enact, protecting tenants from being discriminated against for the source of their income was approved by voters yesterday by almost 66%. You can read about it in this story I wrote for @prismreports.org: prismreports.org/2025/04/16/m...

NEW: Trump reportedly eying cuts to Section 8. ‘It’d be catastrophic’ for Syracuse, NY., advocates say. Not only would cuts to the program result in people losing their housing, but rollbacks could also kill the redevelopment of public housing. That is a project almost a decade in the making

Landlords across 26 states can legally discriminate against tenants based on rental income, a practice that contributes to the homelessness crisis. On May 6, a special election ballot seeks to end that practice in Lincoln, NE, @evelazquez.bsky.social reports.
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"Landlords across 26 states in the U.S. are legally able to discriminate against tenants based on the source of their rental income."

"All in all, only about 60% of voucher holders are protected against source-of-income discrimination."
#Nebraska #USA #Housing

Street vendors & other NYC immigrant workers brace for renewed deportation threats under Trump, @evelazquez.bsky.social reports. Advocates focus on fortifying labor protections for immigrant workers at the state & local level: “These are frontline workers who are feeding & serving every New Yorker.”

“You go to fight a landlord by yourself, he will eat you up. He will eat you up cold. He has more money than you. We have to understand we are stronger together.”

By Eddie Velaszquez for @prismreports.bsky.social

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Reporting from the sleepy Brooklyn housing bureau: Tenants across the country are organizing and winning significant concessions from their landlords. What does this organizing mean for renters? Where can it go? I spoke with folks at the newly formed Tenants Union Federation to find out

Brooklyn tenant association wins $250,000 in waived rent in major victory, @evelazquez.bsky.social reports. A judge sided with the tenants at 1616 President St., who held a rent strike for four years to demand significant & necessary repairs from their landlord.
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Report details grim financial reality for workers at trading card retailer TCGPlayer, Eddie Velazquez reports. About 87% of the workers at the Syracuse facility for the eBay-owned trading card game retailer earn less than a living wage for the area.
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