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Alexia Fernández Campbell

Alexia Fernández Campbell

Politics & Policy Reporter

I cover labor issues, with a focus on workers’ rights.

Latest articles by Alexia Fernández Campbell

Fewer inspectors, more deaths: The Trump administration rolls back workplace safety inspections
System Failure

About 90 percent of serious accidents happen at workplaces that haven’t been inspected by OSHA.

By Joe Yerardi and Alexia Fernández Campbell
A small federal agency focused on preventing industrial disasters is on life support. Trump wants it gone.
System Failure

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is without enough voting members, and its investigations are stuck in limbo.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
Meet the women suing America’s biggest companies over equal pay
Features

A spate of lawsuits against giants from Google and Twitter to Nike and Goldman Sachs reveals the growing frustrations of women in pursuit of the C-suite.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
It took a debate with all-female moderators to ask Democrats about paid family leave
Politics

The answers weren’t great, but the question mattered.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
Disturbing video shows an Arizona sheriff’s deputy body slam a quadruple amputeeDisturbing video shows an Arizona sheriff’s deputy body slam a quadruple amputee
Race

It all happened in a group foster home.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
A libertarian group is suing California for allegedly discriminating against menA libertarian group is suing California for allegedly discriminating against men
Gender

A new state law requires all public companies to have at least one woman on their board.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
How the teachers strikes gave Democrats a win in deep red KentuckyHow the teachers strikes gave Democrats a win in deep red Kentucky
Politics

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin made some powerful enemies.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
The firing of McDonald’s CEO won’t solve the chain’s sexual harassment problemThe firing of McDonald’s CEO won’t solve the chain’s sexual harassment problem
Gender

It’s an empty gesture.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
The 11-day teachers strike in Chicago paid offThe 11-day teachers strike in Chicago paid off
archives

It got more than $30 million extra spending for public schools.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
What the mass resignations at Deadspin tell us about work in AmericaWhat the mass resignations at Deadspin tell us about work in America
archives

The move realized every worker’s fantasy.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

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