health and safety
‘Amazon won’t let us leave’: Tornado creates modern Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
December 15, 2021Chains on doors condemned people to death in the Triangle fire 110 years ago; threats of termination achieved the same outcome this week.
Read moreUnvaccinated are fertile ground for proliferation of new variants
December 9, 2021Good news on coronavirus: Early company reports say that the third Pfizer vaccine may neutralize the Omicron variant.
Read moreAmerica’s rural hospitals were already in the red; COVID could finish them
December 3, 2021Nearly 900, or 40%, of America’s rural hospitals are at immediate or high risk of closure.
Read moreFormer OSHA chiefs insist court reinstate anti-virus standards
December 1, 2021Even Republicans join the effort to get the federal appeals court in Cincinnati to restore worker safety standards suspended by another court.
Read moreWorkers welcome OSHA emergency antivirus standard; GOP doesn’t
November 5, 2021Standard sharply reduces the fear workers have had to go to work with uncertainty about getting infected with the virus and fear of unpaid sick time.
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