workplace safety
Under pressure, feds reverse decision to close coronavirus testing sites
April 10, 2020Under pressure from Pennsylvania lawmakers and a report on National Public Radio, the GOP Trump government’s Health and Human Services Department abruptly reversed a ruling to cut off dollars to some 41 community coronavirus testing sites...
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CDC joins Wall Street push to weaken social distancing guidelines
April 10, 2020WASHINGTON—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....
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With nurses watching, lawmakers push OSHA on anti-workplace violence
June 13, 2019Such “terrible” assaults “are predictable and preventable,” she added. “It’s management’s role and responsibility to prevent this violence.”
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Senators to Verizon subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination
December 3, 2018Nine 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.
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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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