health and safety
Workers Memorial Day: Nobody knows how many workers COVID-19 has killed
April 28, 2021National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, along with the Biden administration’s OSHA, wants to force bosses to protect workers with new emergency standards.
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On Workers Memorial Day, honor those lost with a PRO Act win
April 27, 2021April 28th was chosen as Workers Memorial Day because the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was born on that date in 1970.
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Personal stories, bipartisan House vote send anti-workplace violence bill to Senate
April 20, 2021Unions are preparing to lobby lawmakers again.
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New satellite network to locate and monitor methane super-emitters
April 16, 2021Between 2016 and 2018, using airplane-based instruments, scientists found 600 "super-emitters" were to blame for more than one-third of the state's methane pollution.
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S.F. Giants demand food service workers sign COVID ‘release of liability’ form
April 13, 2021The San Francisco Giants Opening Day was Friday, April 9. The Giants had been doing a full court press (sorry to mix in basketball metaphors) for days on end about how safe the stadium would be...
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