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Inquest
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Feb 5, 2026
How Temp Work Fuels Mass Incarceration
BY:
Maya Ragsdale
Temp agencies rely on a constant stream of formerly incarcerated workers to keep jobs unstable and wages low.
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Orlando Weekly
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Jan 30, 2026
Florida lawmakers unanimously advance bill to expand protections for temp workers
BY:
McKenna Schueler
The bill would make it easier for temp workers to secure stable jobs and establish accountability measures for exploitative temp agencies.
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In These Times
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May 1, 2025
Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley
BY:
Kim Kelly
The winner of our Labor Organizer of the Year Award co-runs a member-led worker center in Miami for people with criminal records and their families — the first organization of its kind in the country.
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Labor Notes
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Dec 17, 2025
From Temp Trap to Union Jobs: Building Pathways for Workers with Criminal Records
BY:
Maya Ragsdale
By raising standards in the temp industry and building pathways for workers with records into union jobs, we can create a labor market where stability and dignity aren’t reserved for the few. If we fail to organize these workers, we surrender the terrain on which the future of work, and the possibility of freedom, is being built.
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2026
The Real News Network
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Jan 20, 2026
Florida’s temp industry extends incarceration into the workplace
BY:
Mansa Musa
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Orlando Weekly
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Jan 30, 2026
Florida lawmakers unanimously advance bill to expand protections for temp workers
BY:
McKenna Schueler
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Florida Phoenix
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Mar 6, 2026
Senate unanimously approves bill to help temp workers get permanently hired
BY:
Mitch Perry
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WPLG Local 10
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Apr 14, 2026
Groups rally in Miami-Dade, urging FIFA to address worker rights and public safety concerns
BY:
Trent Kelly
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Florida Today
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Apr 14, 2026
Groups that issued Florida travel advisory for World Cup demand action
BY:
Michelle Spritzer
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NBC 6 South Florida
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Apr 14, 2026
Local labor leaders call for fair wages, worker protections at Miami's World Cup events
BY:
Julia Bagg
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WLRN
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Apr 15, 2026
FIFA under fire: Miami labor unions allege broken promises, ‘blatant violations' ahead of World Cup
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WLRN News Staff
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Axios Miami
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Apr 14, 2026
Ahead of World Cup, Miami labor groups demand worker protections
BY:
Sommer Brugal
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Miami Herald
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Apr 15, 2026
Miami unions want fair pay, conditions for World Cup workers: ‘Promises are not enough’
BY:
Max Klaver
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2025
Labor Notes
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Dec 17, 2025
From Temp Trap to Union Jobs: Building Pathways for Workers with Criminal Records
BY:
Maya Ragsdale
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The Orlando Weekly
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Dec 3, 2025
Advocates urge Disney to investigate alleged use of prison labor to make character balloons
BY:
McKenna Schueler
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The Real News Network
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Dec 1, 2025
How prisons and temp agencies exploit the most vulnerable workers
BY:
Mansa Musa
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The Guardian
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Nov 18, 2025
Florida workers with criminal records trapped by temp agencies, report finds
BY:
Michael Sainato
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Southern Worker Assembly
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Oct 24, 2025
Dark Work: Precarious Labor and the Southern Economy
BY:
Beyond the Bars, Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights, United Southern Service Workers
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The Real News Network
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Jul 28, 2025
America is built on prison labor. When will the labor movement defend prisoners?
BY:
Mansa Musa
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Orlando Weekly
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May 6, 2025
Worker advocates manage to kill Florida bill that would have eliminated labor protections for temp workers.
BY:
McKenna Schueler
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In These Times
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May 1, 2025
Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley
BY:
Kim Kelly
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Orlando Weekly
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Apr 22, 2025
Florida Republican doubles down on false claim that Florida has state OSHA
BY:
McKenna Schueler
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2024
BOLTS
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Jan 8, 2024
San Francisco Expands Free Jail Communications by Adding Tablet Services
BY:
Kelena Thomhave
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Harvard Law School
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Nov 19, 2024
Expanding Labor’s Reach into Carceral Reform
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Systemic Justice Project
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Fines & Fees Justice Center
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Apr 23, 2024
How Miami-Dade County Led on Local Fee Elimination
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Fines & Fees Justice Center
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Miami Herald
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Apr 2, 2024
No more $100 ankle monitors as Miami-Dade ends inmate fees in county jails.
BY:
Douglas Hanks
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2023
Florida International University
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Sep 15, 2023
Meet a new crop of superstars: young alumni who are crushing it.
BY:
Daniel Molina
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Miami Herald
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Sep 8, 2023
Miami-Dade budget advances after pleas to fund housing, animal services and charities.
BY:
Doug Hanks
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WLRN Public Media
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Aug 31, 2023
Clock is ticking' on Miami−Dade jails to reduce high number of inmate deaths
BY:
Joshua Ceballos
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2022
News @ The U
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Oct 14, 2022
Grant awardees address inequities, promote racial justice.
BY:
Michael Malone
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Miami Hearld
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Oct 12, 2022
Levine Cava vowed to fix county jails. Court monitor sees ‘failure to competently act’.
BY:
Doug Hanks & David Ovalle
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Miami Herald
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Jun 20, 2022
911 alternative for mental health in Miami.
BY:
C. Isaiah Smalls II
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Miami Herald
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Feb 8, 2022
Miami-Dade’s long-shuttered Stockade jail was used as a sick ward amid omicron.
BY:
C. Isaiah Smalls II
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