Worker Safety
‘Amazon won’t let us leave’: Tornado creates modern Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
December 15, 2021Chains on doors condemned people to death in the Triangle fire 110 years ago; threats of termination achieved the same outcome this week.
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AFL-CIO lawyer warns of incoming fire from High Court majority
September 1, 2021Top federation counsel tells Biden administration probers that it is all but certain that anti-labor justices will continue to go after worker rights with a vengeance.
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Teamsters convention votes to organize Amazon
June 25, 2021Powerful union calls Amazon an “existential threat” to all workers nationally.
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In win for UFCW workers, USDA dumps Trump pork line speedups
June 2, 2021Biden administration throws in the towel on an experimental line speedup program at pork plants started under Trump.
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Kroger closes grocery stores to avoid COVID hazard pay for workers
March 11, 2021One of the most profitable corporations in the United States is threatening grocery workers’ jobs in response to a new coronavirus-era hazard pay requirement.
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