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These farmworkers thought a new overtime law would help them. Now, they want it gone

Washington state is among a handful of states with new laws granting farmworkers the right to earn time-and-a-half for overtime work. But for many workers, things haven't turned out as expected.

Organizers, politicians predict ‘massive wave of enthusiasm’ will revive labor movement

The share of American workers represented by a union has dropped to a record low of about 10%.

What we do and don't know about high gas prices in Washington state

Seattle moves one step closer to protecting gig workers from abrupt termination

Seattle is one step closer to passing another set of laws protecting gig workers. A Seattle city council committee has approved an ordinance that sets guidelines for app-based companies to provide notice and an appeals process before terminating workers.

Local economies are getting a boost from Taylor Swift and Beyoncé concerts

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer asks economist Mara Klaunig about the economic effects on local communities of concerts like Taylor Swift's or Beyoncé's.

The legal crackdown on Binance clouds future of crypto

There's a landmark legal battle being waged between financial regulators and Binance, one of the largest crypto companies in the world. And it may determine the crypto industry's future.

My father, a migrant worker, sacrificed to make the world better, son says

In this week's StoryCorps, the son of a Filipino migrant farm worker remembers his father, who helped organized a historic strike in the summer of 1965.

Yakima family to pay $500,000 in back wages to 400+ orchard workers

A family-owned apple and cherry orchard business has just agreed to pay about a half-million dollars in back wages to hundreds of workers.

Biggest Hollywood strike in decades: SAG-AFTRA walks out after negotiations collapse

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive director and Chief Negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, about the decision by the actors' union to strike.