health
Miners: Tax cut for coal firms threatens black lung benefits
June 8, 2018"The impacts of black lung disease are debilitating and, in the most serious cases, fatal."
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New report on efforts to beat plastic pollution
June 5, 2018A new report from UN Environment finds a surging momentum in global efforts to address plastic pollution and offers an approach to rethink how the world produces, uses, and manages single-use plastics.
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Workers Memorial Day reminder: Saving lives is dangerous
April 27, 2018Working in a hospital, nursing home or ambulance is dangerous -- sometimes fatally so.
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Trump proposes ending speed limits on pork processing lines
March 13, 2018“The proposed swine inspection modernization rule is another example of the administration’s unacceptable prioritization of profits over the safety of American workers and consumers.”
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U.S. capitalism lets children and mothers die
January 26, 2018Why do children and mothers living in other OECD nations, all capitalist, escape the dangers facing those in the U.S.? The answer: stronger labor movements.
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