health and safety – Page 25

Abandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold

May 11, 2021 By David Bacon

“The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry,” says union activist Edgar Franks.

600 California communities face drinking water systems failure

May 7, 2021 By Tara Lohan

A 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.

Death On The Job report: Years of progress, long way to go

May 5, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

The rate of decline of deaths stalled under Trump but is expected to improve now.

Workers Memorial Day: Nobody knows how many workers COVID-19 has killed

April 28, 2021 By PAI

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, along with the Biden administration’s OSHA, wants to force bosses to protect workers with new emergency standards.

On Workers Memorial Day, honor those lost with a PRO Act win

April 27, 2021 By Berry Craig

April 28th was chosen as Workers Memorial Day because the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was born on that date in 1970.