The Workers Lab

Investing in new ideas that make and keep all workers safe, healthy, secure, and free.

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The 2025 Innovation Fund Fellowship applications are officially OPEN! We're seeking early-stage innovators from across the country—entrepreneurs, worker-leaders, organizers, and technologists—who are creating what workers need to survive, adapt, and win.

[The Workers Lab @theworkerslab]

Microsoft just released a list of 40 jobs most at risk from AI. Translators, writers, customer service reps, teachers, even jobs that need college degrees are high on the list. We need worker-centered innovation that protects workers from AI.
https://t.co/w7wJNbM2nk

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Migrant farmworkers in Colorado just got a pay cut. A new federal rule lets employers pay them $2-$3 less per hour if they provide housing. Farmworkers wages dropped from $17.84 to $15.16. Workers shouldn't lose pay for having a place to sleep.
https://t.co/ecmpXkJ0EB

[The Workers Lab @theworkerslab]

43% of Gen Z are starting their own businesses because entry-level jobs are disappearing. AI is taking over junior roles while companies freeze hiring. Young workers are piecing together side hustles and gig work because stable jobs don't exist anymore.
https://t.co/dlYRfmdlcj

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Every work zone is someone’s job site.

This National Work Zone Awareness Week, we’re raising awareness for the workers who can’t afford for drivers to be distracted.

#WorkersRights #WorkZoneSafety #ProtectOurWorkers

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Employers are using deportation threats to silence workers who report wage theft or unsafe conditions. No one should have to choose between speaking up and their livelihood. https://t.co/khokAeQtCf

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Gig nursing apps use AI algorithms to pay different nurses different wages for the same shift at the same hospital. Healthcare workers deserve fair compensation and dignity. https://t.co/s3WHSIU5Bj

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Our Innovation Fund Fellow, Rekha Grennan, Founder & CEO of Workizen, has submitted a co-sponsored session proposal with The Workers Lab for #SOCAP26

Vote and help shape the SOCAP26 agenda:
https://t.co/KvcWqcqqhb

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Heat-related worker fatalities jumped 117% from 1999 to 2023. Workers most at risk are in construction and agriculture, and cutbacks to OSHA enforcement are making an already dangerous situation worse. Every worker deserves to come home safe. https://t.co/1v8DZAHVod

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58% of workers say they'd give up a 10% raise to work somewhere that genuinely cares about their well-being. Workers want more than a paycheck. They want stability, growth, and a workplace that respects them. https://t.co/X55O4J5nVA

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Workers aren’t only asking for higher pay— they’re asking for better work environments.

Workers deserve dignity, belonging, and workplaces that are built around their well-being.

#WorkersRights #WorkplaceRights #LaborRights #Fairwork

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Since January 2025, more than 355,000 federal workers have lost their jobs. Many are still searching. The cuts haven't just displaced workers. Every worker deserves stability to support their families.
https://t.co/Q0EFip55Xd

[The Workers Lab @theworkerslab]

Only 22% of workers felt their jobs were secure in 2025, with women, warehouse, and manufacturing workers facing the most fear. Workers deserve stability, protections, and freedom from constant economic uncertainty.
https://t.co/UDjzS31ke9

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Even full-time work at minimum wage isn’t enough to cover basic living costs.

An hour of work at $7.25 can’t even buy a meal.

No one should have to choose between groceries, rent, and other essentials. Every worker deserves a living wage.

#LivingWage #WorkersRights

[The Workers Lab @theworkerslab]

559 workers die from heat exposure every year, and Arizona has no state regulations to protect them. As climate change makes it more dangerous to work outside, we need worker-centered policies that require water, shade, and breaks for all workers.

https://t.co/8dnPBHtk6e

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The current administration wants to cut 9,400 TSA workers and privatize airport security. Privatization means bigger contracts for corporations and fewer protections, lower pay, and less power for workers. https://t.co/SusNhxifS4

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Today we honor Dolores Huerta and her lifelong work organizing alongside farmworkers to demand dignity, justice, and better working conditions. 

Because when people organize, change follows. 

#DoloresHuerta #Farmworkers #Organizing #Workers

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Many California employers illegally skip workers' comp insurance, especially in construction and domestic work. Fines reach $10,000 and jail time for violations. Workers injured on the job deserve guaranteed care, income, and benefits.
https://t.co/EjjYrRQ21E

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US shed 83,000 manufacturing jobs in Trump's first year despite promises factories would "come roaring back." Workers built America's industrial strength and deserve protection from offshoring.
https://t.co/tlmyyQ3dmW

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65–80% of women farmworkers have experienced sexual harassment or abuse on the job. And right now, a climate of fear is making it harder — not easier — to report it.

No worker should have to make that choice.

Source: The Progressive, Time

#LaborRights #ImmigrantWorkers