health and safety
Exploitative service firms dominate the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
April 28, 2022Amazon, Starbucks and Dollar General dominate the annual Dirty Dozen Awards for the worst companies for worker safety and health.
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Amazon Bessemer warehouse reflects danger on the job nationwide
April 27, 2022As Workers’ Memorial Day approaches, AFL-CIO’s annual Death on the Job report documents similar dangerous conditions nationwide.
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Microplastics found in human lungs for first time – and deeper than expected
April 8, 2022“Lung airways are very narrow so no one thought they could possibly get there, but they clearly have."
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New report reveals how the Dakota Access Pipeline is breaking the law
April 5, 2022"The Army Corps of Engineers violated their own processes, and continue to violate our human rights for the benefit of a destructive, violent, and extractive energy company."
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1,300 Hershey’s workers in Virginia voting on unionization
March 2, 2022Key issues in the organizing drive are back-breaking hours and a two-tiered pay structure, particularly onerous for workers in southwestern Virginia, a relatively poor area which has seen an exodus of factory jobs over the last...
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