coronavirus
Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas arrested, raising USMCA enforcement doubts
July 6, 2020Prieto Terrazas led protests for better pay and coronavirus safety measures at plants. At the behest of factory owners, prosecutors sent police to arrest her.
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Coronavirus jackpot: Trump-connected lobbyists grab $10 billion of federal aid
July 6, 2020Trump pledged to “drain the swamp," but the lobbying industry has flourished, a trend that intensified with the $3.6 trillion in coronavirus stimulus.
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BLS jobs report shows U.S. employment crash continues
July 2, 2020Donald Trump’s happy talk today notwithstanding, the nation’s current depression, the employment crash caused by closures forced by the coronavirus pandemic, continues.
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Already hollowed-out U.S. health system faces even more cuts
July 2, 2020The people who spend their lives working in public health say the temporary coronavirus funds won’t fix the eroded foundation entrusted with protecting the nation’s health as thousands continue to die.
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Farmworkers: Big California farm sickens workers, families with coronavirus
July 2, 2020Primex is only making a bad situation worse by bringing in replacement workers for its ill employees, from the outside and through labor contractors, a common tactic growers use to exploit workers in the nation’s farms...
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