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ProPublica investigates child labor in suburban Chicago, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.
Fortune interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about the Trump administration’s poor record on workplace health and safety during the pandemic.
The Washington Post writes about the rise of virtual organizing during the pandemic, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.
Background Briefing with Ian Masters interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about her latest research.
Salon reports on new economic research, including a wage theft study led by Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization. | Truthout republishes the story.
NJBIZ reports on research by the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, quoting study co-authors Janice Fine, Daniel Galvin, Jenn Round, and Hana Shepherd.
The New York Times interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about her new study, which finds that minimum wage violations go up during periods of high unemployment. | The Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, South Florida Sun Sentinel, and several other newspapers republish the story.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports more than half of the city’s domestic workers are victims of wage theft, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and citing a study she co-authored with research fellows Daniel Galvin and Jenn Round.


New research by SMLR's Center for Innovation in Worker Organization finds many wage theft victims do not come forward. Strategic enforcement would prevent them from falling through the cracks.