health and safety
Nurses to hit the streets, again, for protective coronavirus gear
August 4, 2020The demonstrations will be at 200 hospitals, half of them inside and half outside, from coast to coast.
Read moreAs fall semester approaches, students fret about their institution’s safety
August 4, 2020NEWMARKET, N.H. — Students across the nation are preparing for the most turbulent semester of their lives. Post-secondary school administrators have started rolling out their strategies to combat the surge of COVID-19 cases and prevent a...
Read moreL.A. approves workers’ councils to enforce coronavirus safety measures
August 3, 2020The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor called the councils “the first step in a bold new solution to stop the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate any new outbreaks.” COVID-19 is the official name for the...
Read moreQuébec workers fight back against government’s corporate-friendly COVID-19 response
July 29, 2020Just like everywhere else, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the economy, with governments and capital straining to contain progressive resistance to their corporate-friendly management of the crisis.
Read more150,000 dead of coronavirus in U.S.: What monument will they have?
July 28, 2020We have a collective grief to deal with in our land, yet from our highest tribunes all we hear is, “This will be over sooner than you know it, get back to work."
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