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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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Retired Steelworker leader Jones backs Biden but wishes it was Bernie
July 10, 2020Chuck Jones, the retired Steelworkers Local 1999 president who became famous for debunking then-President-elect Donald Trump’s lies about the Carrier plant closure outside Indianapolis almost four years ago, is going to vote for Joe Biden.
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Farm Aid stands with meatpacking workers for COVID-19 protection
July 10, 2020Nearly 40,000 food workers have tested positive for COVID-19.
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