health and safety
Workers welcome OSHA emergency antivirus standard; GOP doesn’t
November 5, 2021Standard sharply reduces the fear workers have had to go to work with uncertainty about getting infected with the virus and fear of unpaid sick time.
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After long GOP Trump delay, feds OK rest hours for flight attendants
November 3, 2021Attendants to get 10 hours of rest after 14 hours of work.
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‘Rust’ shooting was avoidable: Put worker safety center stage in Hollywood
November 3, 2021It can be hard to connect the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the real-world work that makes it all possible. Yet it's now clear Tinsel town will have to reckon with its less-than-glamorous track record...
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Hospitals at risk of collapse, workers pull 14 – 16 hour shifts
November 1, 2021Makeshift wards in lobbies are not the way to go when it comes to humane and adequate healthcare
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Panel report, Dr. Birx: Trump ignored coronavirus deaths in meatpacking plants
October 29, 202159,000 infections and 269 dead workers at the nation’s big five packers. Half the infections and more than half of the deaths were at Tyson Foods.
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