Emeryville, CA's Fair Workweek Ordinance (FWO) aimed to reduce service workers' schedule unpredictability by requiring large retail and food service employers to provide advanced notice of schedules and to compensate workers for last-minute schedule changes. From a 1-in-6 sample of Emeryville...

From riots to recession: lawyers in the struggle for Los Angeles -- Garment workers: the anti-sweatshop campaign -- Day laborers: organizing the corner -- Retail workers: negotiating community benefits -- Grocery workers: blocking the big-box invasion -- Truck drivers: greening the ports -- An...