Worker Safety
The Dirty Dozen: List of worst coronavirus employers released to public
April 27, 2020The April 23 report preceded Workers Memorial Day, April 28, which this year has been stretched into an entire week, through May Day. Workers Memorial Day both honors workers killed on the job—5,250 in 2018, the...
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Transit union leaders: Trump govt. and many systems ignoring danger to workers
April 17, 2020The situation is so bad at the privatized for-profit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System in Jersey City that workers are ready to walk.
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CDC joins Wall Street push to weaken social distancing guidelines
April 10, 2020WASHINGTON—As if it’s not bad enough that Wall Street wants workers back on the job before it’s safe, the latest “guidance” on social distancing from the Centers for Disease Control seems to be backing them up....
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Trump pork processing edict is making consumers and workers sick
September 20, 2019Trump’s USDA edict: A final rule speeding up pork production lines while yanking away federal inspectors.
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Cleanup workers left sick and dying after coal ash spill
August 28, 2019The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill.
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