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China sends medical experts to support Italy's fight against coronavirus
March 14, 2020Rome blasts the EU for ignoring its pleas for help.
Read moreL.A. approves workers' councils to enforce coronavirus safety measures
August 03, 2020The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor called the councils “the first step in a bold new solution to stop the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate any new outbreaks.” COVID-19 is the official name for the coronavirus.
Read moreTrump election strategy: Blame China for coronavirus, bad economy
July 10, 2020Trump is constantly painting China as the communist bogeyman of international relations—an external enemy he hopes will divert voters’ attention from his failings.
Read moreData confirms unequal coronavirus impact on households of color
September 17, 2020A health care worker in Baltimore had to be quarantined for two weeks in an empty downtown hotel.
Read moreUnions move to protect workers from coronavirus, McDonald's doesn't
March 12, 2020Unions moved quickly to try to protect workers and families from the spreading coronavirus, even as it potentially costs their members jobs. Many businesses, state, and local governments and even major league baseball and the NBA restricted attendance to prevent crowds that could transmit it. So far, so good, but fast food giant McDonald’s appeared to be slow on the uptake, “Fight for $15 and Union” said. Individual protection wasn’t...
Read moreAppelbaum: Poultry plant workers ‘are not expendable’ in coronavirus pandemic
April 20, 2020The nation’s big poultry producers “are getting it wrong” with slow and tardy responses to worker demands for protection from the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreAFGE: Feds fail to protect 290,000 workers from coronavirus
April 21, 2020Some 260,000 workers are in danger at the VA and 30,000 more at the Bureau of Prisons.
Read moreUnder pressure, feds reverse decision to close coronavirus testing sites
April 10, 2020Under pressure from Pennsylvania lawmakers and a report on National Public Radio, the GOP Trump government’s Health and Human Services Department abruptly reversed a ruling to cut off dollars to some 41 community coronavirus testing sites nationwide.
Read moreTrumka praises workers, slams Trump and profiteers on coronavirus pandemic
March 19, 2020Workers, union and non-union, are responding magnificently to the coronavirus pandemic, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
Read moreOSHA targets coronavirus inspections to health care, meatpacking firms
March 17, 2021As it carries out Biden’s orders it will focus on going after firms that retaliate against whistleblowers.
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