health and safety
Workers win at a McDonald’s that gave them dog diapers to use as face masks
August 18, 2021Forced to strike for 22 months, Oakland McDonald’s workers settle with bosses who gave them dog diapers and told them to use rubber bands to tie coffee filters over their noses and mouths to protect against...
Read moreCOVID Delta variant surges, putting jobs and lives on the line
August 6, 2021"If you aren’t going to help, at least get out of the way of the people who are trying to do the right thing."
Read moreIn 114-degree heat farmworkers are still at work
August 4, 2021In a field near Arvin, at the southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, dozens of workers arrive at 5:30 in the morning. It's already over 80 degrees, and by midafternoon the temperature will top 114...
Read moreSimone Biles carries weight of the world on her shoulders
July 28, 2021Greatest gymnast of all time an outspoken advocate for the female athletes of the world.
Read moreHealth care for older immigrants experiences momentum among states
July 26, 2021Most mornings, 62-year-old Maria Elena Estamilla wakes up with pelvic pain and dread that she faces the same fate as her mother and grandmother: fatal cervical cancer.
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