health and safety
Time for another kind of ‘climate change’: Unions!
August 23, 2021The latest from People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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Hot weather becomes major cause of illness, death for U.S. workers
August 20, 2021The number of victims of the largely ignored danger grows in Arizona and many other states as global warming-induced heat fells workers on the job.
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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...
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COVID 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."
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In 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...
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