workers
Federal union sues for hazardous duty pay for exposed workers
April 6, 2020On March 28, Patrick Jones, aged 49, died of the coronavirus in the federal prison in Oakdale, La. He was the first federal inmate to perish from it.
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Essential grocery workers go to work afraid every day
April 6, 2020Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves.
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News Guild, journalists’ union, sets out to save newspapers
April 3, 2020Emphasizing their role in getting reliable information out to the public, the News Guild is setting out to save endangered newspapers across the country.
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Farmworkers are “essential” but excluded, awaiting the virus
April 1, 2020In fields and rural communities across the United States the nation's 2.5 million agricultural laborers are waiting for the shoe to drop.
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New York launches investigation after Amazon fires worker who led walkout
March 31, 2020“We're not asking for much. We're asking the building to be closed and sanitized, and for us to be paid,” fired worker Cristian Smalls said.
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