health and safety
Britain’s right-wing government under fire as new COVID strain rapidly spreads
December 21, 2020Many countries are halting flights from the U.K., but Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Trump administration allies are scrambling and unsure what to do.
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Nebraska kosher meat packing plant leaves workers trayf—unclean—vs. coronavirus
November 25, 2020It’s not just the workers who are unprotected; so is the community. The virus has spread in Hastings, as it has in other meatpacking-heavy cities in the Great Plains, to other residents.
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‘Essential’ workers? Companies more interested in protecting profits than people
November 25, 2020"80 million votes sent a message that we’ve had enough of Wall Street running our economy.”
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Iowa Tyson pork plant bosses bet on how many workers coronavirus would kill
November 20, 20201,000 workers sick, six dead, one big fat wrongful death lawsuit, and one very pissed-off union. No word on which plant boss won the betting pool.
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Employers fail to control COVID, but Sri Lankan army rounds up workers instead
October 22, 2020Unions say the army entered garment workers’ dorms at night without notice, forcing them to immediately move to quarantine centers.
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