working conditions
McDonald’s workers walk off the job in strike against sexual harassment
September 19, 2018"We were never prepared for this and shouldn’t have to experience it in the first place."
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Chicago water plant injuries just days before Labor Day
August 31, 2018This Labor Day weekend, let’s honor workers and their families by re-asserting the importance of preserving and enforcing health and safety.
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Labor expert Liu Cheng tour: Bringing Chinese and U.S. workers together
August 22, 2018According to Prof. Liu Cheng, the struggles of working people in the U.S. and China share many similarities. Both are up against “free market fundamentalism.”
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What was the life of this guest worker worth?
August 17, 2018While Washington state agencies reduce farmworker pay and find employers faultless for a death in the fields, Trump and congressional Republicans back proposals to turn farmworking into permanent indentured servitude.
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Unions ask OSHA to protect workers as extreme heat spreads
July 23, 2018“We attended the funerals of too many California farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat,” says Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez.
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