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Coronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss
March 20, 2020Dealing with all the trash society produces is a dirty and dangerous job even in normal times; during a global health pandemic, it gets even riskier.
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Trumka 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.
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Health inequality: The rich and famous get coronavirus tests first
March 19, 2020In response, Trump says, "Perhaps that's...the story of life."
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Trade unions leading fight to protect workers from coronavirus around the world
March 19, 2020Unions are fighting to ensure workers receive sick pay, avoid catastrophic loss of income, and that governments put measures in place to protect them.
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Duncan Hunter, post-election California roundup, and current state of the state
March 19, 2020The charge was conspiring to illegally use campaign funds to cover personal expenses. Eleven months is a short penance: He could have been sentenced to as many as five years.
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