workplace safety

CDC joins Wall Street push to weaken social distancing guidelines

April 10, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

WASHINGTON—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....

With nurses watching, lawmakers push OSHA on anti-workplace violence

June 13, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Such “terrible” assaults “are predictable and preventable,” she added. “It’s management’s role and responsibility to prevent this violence.”

Senators to Verizon subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination

December 3, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Nine U.S. senators demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor that runs its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high levels of pregnancy discrimination there – and take definitive detailed steps to stop it.

What was the life of this guest worker worth?

August 17, 2018 By David Bacon

While 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.

The stakes for workers’ rights in 2014

November 12, 2013 By PW Editorial

We are now in the midst of a full-fledged class war against America's working people. Those directly firing the shots at the U.S. working class are an array of state lawmakers bought and paid for by...