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workers' dignity

As more Tennessee coffee workers seek better wages and working conditions, one Barista Parlor employee says she was fired for trying

Alexis Marshall

June 23, 2022

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Labor disputes have been cropping up across the country — and here in Middle Tennessee. The latest comes from Nashville’s popular coffee chain, Barista Parlor.

Filed Under: Business, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Labor, National Labor Relations Board, Three Brothers Coffee, workers' dignity

What’s lost when a mobile home community is displaced? One Dickerson Pike family finds it’s more than just affordable housing.

Alexis Marshall

January 7, 2022

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The deadline has passed for the remaining families at a mobile home community on Dickerson Pike to move out. And displaced residents are facing more than just financial hardships as their community is split up.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Dickerson Pike, workers' dignity

After a federal memo, Nashville organizers push for better workplace protections for immigrants

Alexis Marshall

December 7, 2021

The Biden administration has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end workplace raids. Nashville workers and advocates have praised the move, but say there’s still more to be done to protect undocumented workers.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, workers' dignity

Dickerson Pike Mobile Home Residents, Facing Displacement, Try To Negotiate Compensation From The Landowner

Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 8, 2021

Leslie Matute
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Nashville’s city council is buying more time for mobile home owners on Dickerson Pike.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Dickerson Pike, sean parker, workers' dignity

Nashville Mobile Home Owners Want Extension Before Land Is Sold

Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 14, 2021

Residents of a Dickerson Pike mobile home community are asking for more time to find a place to move after around 50 families received notice that they needed to be out by the end of August, as the owner of the property is trying to sell the land under their homes.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Dickerson Pike, sean parker, workers' dignity

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