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Brooklyn nurse: My patient wore a mask while I had none
April 27, 2020The workers and their unions, including AFT, National Nurses United, AFGE, the Machinists, the Office and Professional Employees and the Professional and Technical Engineers, are conducting a strong campaign for more PPE, particularly the N95 masks...
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No thanks to your thanks, just give us safety at work
April 27, 2020Chicago transit worker: “Today I tested positive for COVID-19…..Your thanks will not save my life or the lives of my coworkers.”
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Veterans face trouble as VA facilities struggle to cope with coronavirus
April 24, 20201,900 VA health care workers who have become sick with the coronavirus. Twenty have died. Another 3,600 of the 300,000-plus VA health care employees are quarantined and unable to work because they have been exposed to...
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India’s Communist-governed Kerala state is beating COVID-19
April 24, 2020Kerala invests more money in health than anywhere else in India and has one of the highest literacy rates in the country, making it easier to disseminate public information.
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Illinois, Michigan governors hit Trump response to coronavirus pandemic
April 24, 2020Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan have been targets of GOP President Donald Trump’s incendiary tweets.
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