health and safety
Evidence mounts that Trump is squashing federal response to coronavirus
March 31, 2020Secret recording made at his meeting with governors exposes the president’s intention to follow the right-wing playbook of a minimal role for the federal government.
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Gig workers forced to strike over lack of coronavirus protection
March 30, 2020Upset by their companies’ refusal to protect them as they do vital jobs of delivering supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, gig economy workers, especially on the West Coast, were forced to strike March 30 against Instacart...
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As transit systems shut down workers battle virus and job loss
March 30, 2020“Our members should have masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment. Transit agencies should enact rear door boarding, consider eliminating fares, develop strategic service continuation to avoid overcrowding and establish other policies to cut down on...
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AFT’s Weingarten, union nurses: Force firms to produce life-saving devices
March 24, 2020“Why should the supplies be controlled by the market, not by the government?” Weingarten asked.
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I’m an “essential” worker…or, how I learned to love negative solidarity
March 24, 2020Like millions of other “essential” workers, this is the predicament we’re in: Stay home and possibly starve or go to work and risk the health of thousands of people.
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