Paige McGlauflin
@paigemcglauflin.bsky.social
mainer on the west coast | reporter covering HR and the workplace at Morning Brew ☕️ | previously at Fortune
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
I recently got a bike and have been taking it for a spin whenever I can. The weather was beautiful today, so I rode all the way to Alki Beach 🚲✨🏙️
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I recently got a bike and have been taking it for a spin whenever I can. The weather was beautiful today, so I rode all the way to Alki Beach 🚲✨🏙️
tonight we got our first trick or treaters since moving to seattle (5 years) 🥲
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
tonight we got our first trick or treaters since moving to seattle (5 years) 🥲
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"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."
CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."
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PSA: There's a relatively new and super useful Gmail feature: a "Manage Subscriptions" tab in the lefthand menu under
More. It instantly shows you all the email lists you're subscribed to, including spam, and allows you to unsubscribe from most with the click of a button
More. It instantly shows you all the email lists you're subscribed to, including spam, and allows you to unsubscribe from most with the click of a button
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
PSA: There's a relatively new and super useful Gmail feature: a "Manage Subscriptions" tab in the lefthand menu under
More. It instantly shows you all the email lists you're subscribed to, including spam, and allows you to unsubscribe from most with the click of a button
More. It instantly shows you all the email lists you're subscribed to, including spam, and allows you to unsubscribe from most with the click of a button
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Today I learned Verizon hires 20k people each year and gets more than 1 million applications. @paigemcglauflin.bsky.social has a fascinating story with VZ's global head of talent acquisition, culture and community, Spring Lacy, about how the company uses tech & AI.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
How Verizon handles more than 1 million job applications annually—and plans to use AI to streamline the process
Addressing job seekers’ grievances about AI in hiring is also top of mind.
www.hr-brew.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Today I learned Verizon hires 20k people each year and gets more than 1 million applications. @paigemcglauflin.bsky.social has a fascinating story with VZ's global head of talent acquisition, culture and community, Spring Lacy, about how the company uses tech & AI.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
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this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
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1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
ow.ly
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
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The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.
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WIC runs out this week
October 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
WIC runs out this week
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They are called writers
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
They are called writers
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Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
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Just spoke to someone who drove an hour and a half to another state to get the Covid vaccine, which he had to pay over 200 for. People should not have to do that.
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Just spoke to someone who drove an hour and a half to another state to get the Covid vaccine, which he had to pay over 200 for. People should not have to do that.
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Spike Lee fanboying out over meeting Pete Townshend is oddly charming.
September 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Spike Lee fanboying out over meeting Pete Townshend is oddly charming.
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Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
just got the new covid vax. it was, ironically, probably the most uneventful instance i'd experienced getting that vaccine.
i got the shot with 3 minutes of showing up to the pharmacy. i didn't have to answer questions/fill out paperwork beyond the questionnaire when booking the appointment
i got the shot with 3 minutes of showing up to the pharmacy. i didn't have to answer questions/fill out paperwork beyond the questionnaire when booking the appointment
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
just got the new covid vax. it was, ironically, probably the most uneventful instance i'd experienced getting that vaccine.
i got the shot with 3 minutes of showing up to the pharmacy. i didn't have to answer questions/fill out paperwork beyond the questionnaire when booking the appointment
i got the shot with 3 minutes of showing up to the pharmacy. i didn't have to answer questions/fill out paperwork beyond the questionnaire when booking the appointment
i am linking to the essay bc it seems many are critiquing it without having read it.
the essay criticizes the buzzwords named in the headline, noting they're continuations of a decades-long trend conflating latte drinking with liberalism/emasculation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
the essay criticizes the buzzwords named in the headline, noting they're continuations of a decades-long trend conflating latte drinking with liberalism/emasculation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am linking to the essay bc it seems many are critiquing it without having read it.
the essay criticizes the buzzwords named in the headline, noting they're continuations of a decades-long trend conflating latte drinking with liberalism/emasculation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
the essay criticizes the buzzwords named in the headline, noting they're continuations of a decades-long trend conflating latte drinking with liberalism/emasculation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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In a bold change from senate norms, Chancellor Palpatine has declared himself "Galactic Emperor"
August 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
In a bold change from senate norms, Chancellor Palpatine has declared himself "Galactic Emperor"
good morning to all the other folks in queen anne seattle who lost power at 6:15am
August 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
good morning to all the other folks in queen anne seattle who lost power at 6:15am
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When obituaries go awry.
Via this week’s Laurels & Darts/ @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Via this week’s Laurels & Darts/ @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
When obituaries go awry.
Via this week’s Laurels & Darts/ @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Via this week’s Laurels & Darts/ @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...