Labor
AFGE: 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.
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Appelbaum: 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.
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Transit union leaders: Trump govt. and many systems ignoring danger to workers
April 17, 2020The situation is so bad at the privatized for-profit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System in Jersey City that workers are ready to walk.
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“More people will die”: Uber and Lyft drivers demand companies protect workers
April 17, 2020“I transport dozens of passengers every day,” one driver said. “Many are the doctors and nurses dealing with coronavirus cases up close."
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Hospital suspends nurses after they refuse COVID-19 duties over lack of PPE
April 16, 2020They are among hundreds of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers across the country who say they’ve been asked to work without adequate protection.
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