InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Labor When Brokers Act Badly at Wells Fargo, Women Take the Fall Ten years of data show stark gender bias in disciplinary actions in the bank’s adviser arm. Susan AntillaThe InterceptJuly 1, 2019
ImpactJustice, Labor Following Exposé of Labor Violations, Centerplate Agrees to $5.45m Settlement In July 2018, Judge Koh denied Centerplate’s motion to dismiss, setting up the massive settlement this week. Gabriel ThompsonFebruary 1, 2019
NewsLabor, Politics How the Trash Industry Worked Overtime Trying to Thwart New York City’s Reform Plans A push against a zoning proposal involved a trade group helmed by a man convicted in a bid-rigging scheme; $500,000 to a lobbying firm that drafted legislation; and a lawmaker who was recently in business with one of the major haulers. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaDecember 31, 2018
BackstoryHealth, Justice, Labor The Backstory: Justine Calma Ida B Wells Fellow Justine Calma talks about her new investigation into California’s day programs for adults with disabilities. Justine CalmaDecember 12, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Sanitation Salvage, Troubled Garbage Hauler, Surrenders Operating License In a letter sent to New York City regulators, lawyers for the company said it would cease operations “forthwith.” Kiera FeldmanProPublicaNovember 27, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor A Trash Industry Union Thrives, and Employees Say They Are Left Holding the Bag One of the biggest unions in New York’s private garbage industry is run by a man with a long record of run-ins with the authorities, and its vice president is a convicted felon. Many workers say it’s a union in name only. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaNovember 2, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Private Trash Haulers Resist New Safety Measures As New York City’s oversight agency moves to have companies regularly report accidents, traffic violations and license suspensions involving their drivers, the haulers push back. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaSeptember 19, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor At Hearing for Bronx Trash Hauler, More Questions About Safety and Oversight Unregistered employees. Dangerously long driving schedules. Sanitation Salvage’s bid last week to have its suspension lifted produced more damning findings and fresh questions about why it took regulators so long to act. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaSeptember 5, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Labor The Forest Service Is Silencing Women Women in the Forest Service have tried to bring justice to those who have discriminated against them. But the system is set up to make their complaints go away. Kathryn JoyceOutsideAugust 29, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Embattled Garbage Hauler Co-Owns Dump With Person Expelled From Trash Industry A ProPublica review found that the agency that oversees New York City’s commercial trash industry may have overlooked another potential impropriety involving Sanitation Salvage. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaAugust 28, 2018