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Meatpackers sue OSHA demanding virus safety enforcement at Maid-Rite plant
July 24, 2020The workers said in their lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg that even though OSHA has known about conditions at the plant since early April, it’s done nothing.
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Illinois Communists condemn Trump’s move toward guns and secret police
July 24, 2020“The City of Chicago is united in rejecting the provocation of the Trump administration in sending hundreds of militarized, highly armed secret-police gunmen into our streets in the midst of a public health crisis and economic...
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House votes to toss statues of rebels from U.S. Capitol
July 24, 2020The Democratic-run U.S. House voted to eject statues of Confederate leaders, plus racist U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, from the U.S. Capitol, especially Statuary Hall.
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Op-Ed: Trump’s closure of China’s Houston consulate a desperate, boneheaded move
July 24, 2020With outright blaming China for the pandemic proving to be a dud, the U.S. government is ratcheting up tensions in other ways.
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Whole Foods workers sue: Amazon fired us for supporting Black Lives Matter
July 24, 202014 workers are suing after being fired or driven off the job for wearing Black Lives Matter face masks and other apparel.
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