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Author Archives: Sydney Pereira

Sydney Pereira is a journalist based in Brooklyn. She covers the intersection between social justice and health, labor, and climate change. Her work has been published in Gothamist/WNYC, Newsweek, Patch, The Miami Herald, and others.

a femme in blue scrubs and a medical glove on their right hand looks down at a pregnancy test they're holding
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

With their workplaces subject to criminalization, abortion providers face post-Roe America

by Sydney Pereira July 5th, 2022July 5th, 2022

Five abortion providers on how their jobs are already changing, from increased security risks to strained capacity

Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Self-checkout systems create headaches for cashiers

by Sydney Pereira May 24th, 2022May 24th, 2022
a Black femme doctor in a white long-sleeved jacket sits with a laptop in her lap, gesturing towards the screen while she talks
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

How a majority BIPOC worker co-op is disrupting the field of therapy

by Sydney Pereira May 9th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
middle-aged man holds an iPad as four younger colleagues stand around him in a warehouse
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

How worker cooperatives shift power to workers 

by Sydney Pereira April 11th, 2022May 2nd, 2022
a dense crowd stands outside the U.S. Capitol holding signs in support for $15 minimum wage and better workers' rights
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

The pandemic sparked a workers’ rights movement, but Congress hasn’t caught up

by Sydney Pereira March 21st, 2022January 23rd, 2023
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Without accessible child care and economic support, low-income parents are pushed into financial insecurity

by Sydney Pereira March 10th, 2022May 3rd, 2023
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

COVID-19 energized worker-led organizing, but hurdles to collective action remain

by Sydney Pereira January 18th, 2022January 20th, 2022
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Confronted with the holiday rush, understaffing, and Omicron, retail workers are organizing and speaking out

by Sydney Pereira December 22nd, 2021December 22nd, 2021
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

How low-wage workers are taking back power in the ‘Great Resignation’

by Sydney Pereira October 13th, 2021October 13th, 2021

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