While many are praising the work that essential public employees are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, some politicians are working quietly behind the scenes to use the crisis to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights.
Last week, Las Vegas’ Clark County, which is controlled by the local Democratic Party,
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With the Trump Administration blocking OSHA from issuing regulations to protect workers from COVID-19, workers across the United States have instead been subject to an uneven set of workplace safety rules during COVID-19.
In Massachusettes, Republican Governor Charlie Baker has refused pleas from organized labor to shut down construction sites
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With many food workers being forced to work as essential workers during COVID-19, workers are increasingly striking to draw attention to unsafe conditions. On Friday, workers at food plants in Virginia and Illinois walked off the jobs over dangerous conditions.
Friday’s wildcat strikes by food processing workers are part
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PITTSBURGH, PA – On Thursday, dozens of nurses, members of SEIU Healthcare PA, walked off at the Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center in Western Pennsylvania’s Beaver County.
The walk-off came after 36 elderly residents and six healthcare workers at the nursing home tested positive for COVID-19. Already, two senior citizens
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On Monday, JBS announced that ten workers at its Greeley, Colorado plant tested positive for COVID-19.
In response to this, on Tuesday, nearly 1,000 meatpacking workers, members of UFCW Local 7, walked off the job at JBS’s mega 4,000 person processing plant in Greely, Colorado, where workers
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