Work with Dignity

Report Release-Hidden in Plain Sight: Workers at Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the Struggle for Fair Development
May 2, 2011
On May 4th, United Workers announced the release of "Hidden in Plain Sight: Workers at Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the Struggle for Fair Development," a report jointly published by United Workers and NESRI.  Since declaring Baltimore's Inner Harbor a “Human Rights Zone... Keep Reading »
Reframing the Debate around Workers' Compensation
April 28, 2011
Today, April 28th, 2011, is Workers Memorial Day, a day to remember and commemorate workers who have been killed, disabled, injured or made ill by their work.  The number of people in the U.S. injured or made ill by their working environment may be as high as 12.3 million workers annually.... Keep Reading »
United Workers' Fair Development Forum Coming to New York City
April 15, 2011
On Thursday, April 28th at 6pm, join us for the Fair Development Forum NYC. NESRI and our partner United Workers will be releasing a report later this month that takes a behind the scenes look at the human cost of Poverty-Zone Development at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and how low-wage... Keep Reading »
Baltimore's Inner Harbor as Emblem of Growing Inequality
March 24, 2011
In a recent report entitled "A Tale of Two Baltimores," RT America focused its coverage of growing inequality in the United States on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, also the current focal point of NESRI partner United Workers' Campaign for Fair Development.  The report highlights the... Keep Reading »
Naples Daily News - Immokalee Farmworkers Target Tampa Publix Stores in Protests
March 5, 2011
   TAMPA — Almost 1,000 members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and its supporters marched and protested through the streets of downtown Tampa on Saturday and were united by one goal: getting Publix Super Markets, Inc. to “do the right thing.”   “We... Keep Reading »
The Atlantic - Fighting for Pennies: Tomato Protesters Battle Supermarkets
March 2, 2011
   My protest marching skills are a bit rusty, having last been put to use in 1968 on behalf of Eugene McCarthy and his thwarted bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. But on a bitter afternoon in Boston recently, I sloshed through a few inches of slushy snow with more than 900... Keep Reading »
Do The Right Thing Tour on Democracy Now!
March 1, 2011
Democracy Now! captures the energy of the Do the Right Thing Tour Stop in Boston, in its March 1st Headlines. Starting at 9:42', the coverage describes the action, during which  "more than 1,000 people marched on the grocery giant Stop and Shop in Boston Sunday to kick off the campaign.... Keep Reading »
NESRI Statement: Why Attacking the Human Rights of Public Sector Workers Threatens Human Rights in the United States
February 22, 2011
An Attack on All of Us: Governor Walker in Wisconsin has targeted basic human rights in a political game to re-direct frustration and anger about brutal economic policy decisions towards public sector workers.  The most obvious attack has been against the right to bargain collectively. ... Keep Reading »
NESRI partner CIW and Northeast Allies March on Boston
February 17, 2011
On Sunday, February 27th, farmworkers and consumers march through Boston to call upon Stop and Shop to do the right thing. Keep Reading »
Trader Joe's Customers Encouraged to "Sample Justice" in April
February 17, 2011
Earlier this month, NESRI partner the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies up and down the East Coast organized and took part in the "Do The Right Thing" East Coast Tour, February 27th - March 5th, which featured a large national action targeting Stop & Shop (owned... Keep Reading »