job safety
Under pressure, feds reverse decision to close coronavirus testing sites
April 10, 2020Under pressure from Pennsylvania lawmakers and a report on National Public Radio, the GOP Trump government’s Health and Human Services Department abruptly reversed a ruling to cut off dollars to some 41 community coronavirus testing sites...
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AFL-CIO: Trump job safety rollbacks endanger workers’ lives
April 26, 2019Zachary Hess died on the job. And the AFL-CIO is warning there could be more Zachary Hesses, thanks to Donald Trump.
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Crushed hands show need for not crushing job safety protections
March 22, 2017Congressional Republicans and Trump, however, aren’t listening.
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Workers Memorial Day to highlight jobs that kill
April 23, 2014Eddie Mallon is 70 years old. As a Laborers Local 147 member in New York, he worked as a sandhog for 44 years. He doesn't now, because that job - eventually - will kill him.
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Today in women’s history: Frances Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
March 4, 2013The appointment on March 4, 1933, made Perkins the first female cabinet member in U.S. history. She helped bring about the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Social Security Act
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