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GOP says workers are lazy, don’t deserve HEROES Act unemployment help
July 22, 2020Are the majority of Americans lazy and averse to work? Would they prefer not to work and to enjoy a free ride from the government? Republicans say yes.
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To labor cheers, Virginia OKs emergency anti-coronavirus safety standard
July 17, 2020And if the firms don’t obey, they’ll get hit in the pocketbook. The maximum Virginia fine will be $130,000 and there are no restrictions—including no restrictions on who is covered.
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Meatpackers hit for discrimination against workers of color in virus protection
July 16, 2020The nation’s big meatpackers, notably Tyson Foods and JBS, are racially discriminating against their predominantly brown, Black, and Asian front-line labor force.
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Labor launches video to get OSHA standards into coronavirus aid bill
July 15, 2020The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health launched a major drive, complete with a riveting video.
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Iranian union members given 74 lashes and jail for demanding unpaid wages
July 14, 2020Workers want the wages they weren't paid for May and June and demand their privatized plant be returned to the public sector.
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