health and safety
AFL-CIO sues Trump’s OSHA to force firms to protect workers from virus
May 19, 2020“It’s truly a sad day in America when working people must sue the organization tasked with protecting our health and safety,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Read more‘Anti-lockdown protesters’ are nothing but strikebreakers
May 18, 2020There are two sides in this class battle over reopening the economy, and right-wing armed protesters are not on workers' side.
Read more‘Tyrannical’ Wisconsin court ruling puts lives in danger amid pandemic
May 14, 2020The Wisconsin GOP, like Trump, has offered no plan to end the pandemic, other than “reopening the economy.”
Read moreTransit union leaders, system heads seek further aid
May 14, 2020Transit union leaders and top transit managers seek $32 billion-$33 billion to keep the buses, subways, and commuter railroads going through the end of 2021.
Read moreWe call frontline workers ‘heroes,’ but do we value them like heroes?
May 13, 2020When we collectively come out on the other side of this pandemic, will we have learned and changed anything at all?
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