Labor

Maksudur Rahman
Maksudur Rahman, 31, who escaped after fighting for the Russian army, shows a Russian military dog tag during an interview with The Associated Press in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

Bangladesh

AP’s cross-border reporting and high-impact visuals expose exploitation of Bangladeshi workers by Russian military

FEB. 6, 2026

Meatpacking Town
Cattle line up at a trough at the Darr Feedlot in Cozad, Neb., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Economy

AP takes readers inside a small Nebraska town facing economic disaster from beef plant closure

JAN. 2, 2026

Climate Heat Farmworkers Pregnancy
A worker harvests pears at an orchard in Naches, Wash., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Agriculture

Dogged reporting and sensitivity focuses on the most vulnerable workers in the U.S.

OCT. 31, 2025

Overtourism Explainer
FILE - Demonstrators march shouting slogans against the Formula 1 Barcelona Fan Festival in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, during residents protest against mass tourism. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

France

AP beats the competition reporting on a surprise Louvre strike and overtourism

JUNE 27, 2025

India Weaving Decline Photo Gallery
Abdul Sattar, 70, operates a power loom at a workshop in Bhiwandi, India, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India

AP photographer helps readers experience the sights and sounds of India’s struggling power looms

MARCH 28, 2025

Ed Lutgen shows off his tattoo while waiting to hear the results of the union vote on a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at IAM District 751 Union Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Ed Lutgen shows off his tattoo while waiting to hear the results of the union vote on a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at IAM District 751 Union Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Activism

Strike at Boeing was part of a new era of labor activism long in decline at US work places

NOV. 5, 2024

Shrimp Industry Exploitation
A worker sorts shrimps at a farm in Kebumen, Centra Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Agriculture

As big supermarkets pursue profits, new research shows growing exploitation of shrimp farmers

SEPT. 30, 2024

CANADÁ-FERROCARRILES-DISPUTA LABORAL
Letreros de transportistas ferroviarios en una playa ferroviaria de Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) en Smiths Falls, Ontario, el jueves 22 de agosto de 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press vía AP)

Canada

AP was ahead of the coverage of a railroads labor dispute that stopped trains in Canada

AUG. 30, 2024

Climate Greenhouses Heat Workers
A former greenhouse worker at AppHarvest, who wishes to remain anonymous, poses for a portrait behind a sheet of plastic, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Morehead, Ky. Workers say they saw colleagues carried out on makeshift stretchers due to heat, and dozens more helped outside on others' shoulders. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Labor

Persistence, source building and originality leads to critical, in-depth coverage of working conditions in greenhouses

JULY 26, 2024

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Journalism

AP investigation finds US prison labor is tied to some of the world’s most popular food brands

FEB. 9, 2024

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Business

APNewsBreak: Au pairs win $65.5M in suit over US pay

JAN. 18, 2019

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