health and safety – Page 44

Bending PPE rules spells death for health care workers and families

May 20, 2020 By Roberta Wood

If he could have worn a fresh N95 mask for every procedure as mandated by the CDC, would surgical technologist Juan Martínez still be alive today?

AFL-CIO sues Trump’s OSHA to force firms to protect workers from virus

May 19, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

“It’s truly a sad day in America when working people must sue the organization tasked with protecting our health and safety,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

‘Anti-lockdown protesters’ are nothing but strikebreakers

May 18, 2020 By Bruce Bostick

There are two sides in this class battle over reopening the economy, and right-wing armed protesters are not on workers' side.

‘Tyrannical’ Wisconsin court ruling puts lives in danger amid pandemic

May 14, 2020 By John Bachtell

The Wisconsin GOP, like Trump, has offered no plan to end the pandemic, other than “reopening the economy.”

Transit union leaders, system heads seek further aid

May 14, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Transit union leaders and top transit managers seek $32 billion-$33 billion to keep the buses, subways, and commuter railroads going through the end of 2021.