health and safety
Senators to Verizon subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination
December 3, 2018Nine U.S. senators demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor that runs its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high levels of pregnancy discrimination there – and take definitive detailed steps to stop it.
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Sick chickens on your dinner platter – here we go again
October 11, 2018“We opposed this four years ago, and we’ll do everything we can to oppose it again."
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Two Alabama health agencies face federal bias complaint over sewage problems
October 1, 2018The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department are facing a federal civil rights complaint that alleges both agencies discriminated against African-American residents of Lowndes County, Ala.
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Unions ask OSHA to protect workers as extreme heat spreads
July 23, 2018“We attended the funerals of too many California farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat,” says Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez.
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Fire fighters’ on-the-job cancer risk finally recognized
July 12, 2018Congress and even President Trump are finally taking note of the increased cancer risk faced by those who battle blazes.
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