health and safety
Nurses campaign at White House again for emergency anti-virus standard
May 13, 2021Amid 403 pairs of empty shoes, nurses took turns reading the roll call of those who died from exposure to coronavirus.
Read moreAbandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold
May 11, 2021“The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry,” says union activist Edgar Franks.
Read more600 California communities face drinking water systems failure
May 7, 2021A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.
Read moreDeath On The Job report: Years of progress, long way to go
May 5, 2021The rate of decline of deaths stalled under Trump but is expected to improve now.
Read moreWorkers Memorial Day: Nobody knows how many workers COVID-19 has killed
April 28, 2021National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, along with the Biden administration’s OSHA, wants to force bosses to protect workers with new emergency standards.
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