ReligionDispatches - Kim Bobo

Could a Prophet Be Confirmed to the US Department of Labor?

Kim Bobo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:00:01 PDT

Two of the Obama administration’s picks to staff the Department of Labor are coming up for confirmation this week. M. Patricia Smith and Lorelei Boylan face opposition by right-wing business forces, who don’t appreciate the kind of advocacy they represent.

Want to Love Your Neighbor? Pay Fair Wages

Kim Bobo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

On this Labor Day, consider the results of a new report that reveals the pervasiveness of wage theft in the United States: from less-than-minimum wage pay to unpaid overtime to the refusal of meal breaks, many workers are being matter-of-factly robbed.

RDPulpit: EFCA Needed to Stop Employers from Bearing False Witness

Kim Bobo — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

In addition to the direct consequences for workers and their families, one study estimated that for every worker fired, 395 coworkers got the message: attempt to organize and you’ll get fired too.

RD10Q: Wage Theft in America: Why Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid

Kim Bobo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST

A leading worker justice organizer writes a book on how and why employers are stealing from the workforce, to the tune of billions every year.

The Day After: A Call to Action for Worker Justice

Kim Bobo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:00:01 PST

People are lined up at soup kitchens in congregations across the country. Religious communities, the first line of support for struggling families, need to be be vocal in the call to improve conditions for the American worker.

Dispatches from the Workplace: Bishops Lead the Cry to Stop Workplace Raids

Kim Bobo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Religious leaders have joined the protest against workplace raids, urging the government to implement a rational and humane approach to immigration reform.

Can't Get Away

Kim Bobo — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT

In which our columnist on faith and worker justice takes a family vacation — just a few weeks before Labor Day — and takes the occasion to reflect on workplace conditions across the American labor landscape...

Dispatches from the Workplace: Eid stirs fury in Shelbyville, Tennessee

Kim Bobo — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT

A major union's Labor Day concession to Muslim workers sparks anti-immigrant outrage in a Tennessee town...

Dispatches from the Workplace: Postville: Ground Zero for the Intersection of Immigrant and Workers’ Rights

Kim Bobo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT

A rural town in Iowa is the home of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant, a facility that–while already under scrutiny for its poor treatment of workers and animals–was recently the scene of the largest immigration workplace raid in history...

Dispatches from the Workplace: Rabbis for Worker Justice

Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:00:01 PDT

A controversial new ruling from an up and coming rabbi in Conservative Judaism charts a course for a greater focus on worker justice. Several of its recommendations coincide with crucial legislation favored by the American labor movement...

Dispatches from the Workplace: The Big Squeeze

Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:00:01 PDT

Steven Greenhouse’s engaging new book exposes the crisis of low-wage work.

Dispatches from the Workplace: Is that Shari’a?

Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:00:01 PDT

Islamic investing and worker justice in Indianapolis...