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Labor
OSHA orders COVID protections for health workers; other high-risk professions left out
June 14, 2021Almost 16 months and 600,000 deaths later, the government is finally forcing health care firms to protect their workers.
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Labor
New Hampshire House kills ‘right to work’ (for less)
June 4, 2021New Hampshire joins Montana as the second state where, surprisingly, a state legislature with a Republican majority has killed proposed anti-union laws.
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Labor
Congressional Labor Caucus urges Biden to OK anti-virus standard
June 3, 2021Fed up with Office of Management and Budget inaction, lawmakers push Biden to act now.
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Labor
Latest CDC anti-virus guidance draws some union criticism
May 21, 2021Organized nurses and food and commercial service workers want clearer guidance.
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Labor
PRO Act’s new backers: National Consumers League, major league sports unions
May 7, 2021The PRO Act would be the most extensive and most pro-worker rewrite of labor law since the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
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Politics
Congress tackles payday lenders after SCOTUS lets them off the hook
April 29, 2021Lawmakers aim to reverse the Supreme Court victory for sleazy businesses by changing the underlying law regulating them.
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News
Workers Memorial Day: Nobody knows how many workers COVID-19 has killed
April 28, 2021National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, along with the Biden administration’s OSHA, wants to force bosses to protect workers with new emergency standards.
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Labor
Texas teachers campaign against Republicans’ school charter bill
April 27, 2021Unions note that under-performing charter schools in the state are being overfunded at the expense of public schools.
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