Labor

Biden appointees moving fast to reverse Trump’s anti-worker moves

March 23, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

For the first time in a long time, real inspectors are on their way to high-hazard workplaces including hospitals and meat and poultry processing plants.

Alabama Amazon worker testifies before Congress: “We’re not robots.”

March 18, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Amazon worker Jennifer Bates brought the details to a March 17 Senate Budget Committee hearing on the growing chasm between the rich and the rest of us.

OSHA targets coronavirus inspections to health care, meatpacking firms

March 17, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

As it carries out Biden’s orders it will focus on going after firms that retaliate against whistleblowers.

Maine Medical Center nurses want a union, need support

March 16, 2021 By Sheila Malone RN

University of Southern Maine economics professor Michael Hillard said recently that the union-organizing campaign occurs at a crucial time.

San Francisco: $5/hour COVID hazard pay for grocery, pharmacy workers

March 12, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Late last month, a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll found 77% of Californians support hazard pay legislation for frontline essential workers.