health and safety
Mujeres esencialmente heroicas
May 14, 2021Calor extremo, exposición a pesticidas, abusos sexuales y vulnerabilidad a COVID-19 contribuyen a que el trabajo de estas mujeres sea de los más arriesgados del país.
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Nurses campaign at White House again for emergency anti-virus standard
May 13, 2021Amid 403 pairs of empty shoes, nurses took turns reading the roll call of those who died from exposure to coronavirus.
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Abandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold
May 11, 2021“The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry,” says union activist Edgar Franks.
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600 California communities face drinking water systems failure
May 7, 2021A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.
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Death On The Job report: Years of progress, long way to go
May 5, 2021The rate of decline of deaths stalled under Trump but is expected to improve now.
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