Worker Safety
May Day strike at Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, Whole Foods!
April 30, 2020An unprecedented coalition of essential workers fights for life in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, walking off the job from coast to coast in the largest U.S. job action in decades.
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Corporations: “Thank you essential workers, your sacrifice is our PR gain.”
April 28, 2020It's our responsibility to hold accountable those who put them in such dire workplace conditions.
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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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