safety
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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Ellison slams Trump scheme to resurrect child labor
May 25, 2018Teenagers in coal mines. Kids driving forklifts. 17-year-olds operating dangerous machinery. It all could be possible under a new Trump plan.
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NY: hispanos demandan a empresa de trenes por discriminación
May 3, 2018Una demanda interpuesta por trabajadores mexicanos, ecuatorianos y dominicanos contra una empresa ferroviaria de Nueva York que, según los denunciantes, los forzó a realizar duras tareas sin material de protección además de discriminarlos por ser inmigrantes.
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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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AFL-CIO: Trump-style job safety deregulation is killing workers
April 27, 2018Richard Trumka: “If 150 workers died every day from terrorism, there would be a hue and cry.”
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