coronavirus
Some children to return to Chicago classrooms next week
February 12, 2021By a 2 to 1 vote, Chicago Teachers Union members approve a re-opening plan.
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Oakland joins West Coast cities mandating hazard pay for grocery workers
February 11, 2021The mandate will continue while the COVID 19 pandemic continues.
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BLS: Pandemic’s job hit continues, as new aid claims rise 14.55%
February 11, 2021Rising joblessness underscores the need for passage of the massive rescue package proposed by Biden.
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House panel probes meatpackers’ refusal to protect workers from virus
February 10, 2021Action shows the seriousness with which the new administration is treating worker safety.
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New variants raise concern about COVID-19 virus reinfections
February 9, 2021“It’s an incentive to do what we have been saying all along: to vaccinate as many people as we can and to do so as quickly as we can."
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