health and safety
Heartland Alliance workers say wages qualify them for its services
August 24, 2022Chicago social service workers at a venerable agency say that their working conditions put them in the same category as many of their clients.
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Fighting occupational cancer top topic at Fire Fighters convention
August 11, 2022Firefighters hear moving testimony from people who developed cancer from exposure to dangerous chemicals as they fought fires.
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Muertes de camiones de migrantes en San Antonio prueban la necesidad de una reforma migratoria
July 1, 2022Las horribles muertes de 53 inmigrantes en San Antonio, Texas, amontonados en un camión de 18 ruedas sin aire acondicionado en un calor sofocante de 100 grados es otro recordatorio impactante del sistema de inmigración obsoleto,...
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Railroad bosses’ profit-making tactics lower safety standards, raise dangers
June 23, 2022Negotiations between the unions representing the nation’s freight rail workers and railroad bosses have broken down.
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OSHA gives giant coronavirus-spreading meatpacker, JBS, slap on the wrist
June 2, 2022The company was fined only $14,000 for exposing workers to the virus in seven plants.
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