October 13, 2020

East Bay Health Care Workers Strike Forces County to Disband the Boss

Leave a Comment / bosses, health care, labor, Strike / By max cyril

On day two of their five-day strike, Alameda Health System workers in California’s East Bay won a landmark victory. After years of stalling, the elected Board of Supervisors of Alameda County suddenly announced they would disband the unelected Board of Trustees that has long mismanaged this public safety-net health care system. In 1998, Alameda County …

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Trump’s Anti-Worker Labor Board

Leave a Comment / NLRB, President Trump, Trump, unions / By max cyril

In his State of the Union address this year, President Trump declared that “our agenda is relentlessly pro-worker.” Despite this populist posturing, any sober assessment of Trump’s first term will show that it has been an all-out assault on labor. Trump has ruthlessly attacked federal workers, granted more tax cuts for the rich, and severely weakened …

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OSHA is doing virtually nothing to protect workers in the pandemic

Leave a Comment / Health & Safety, OSHA, Pandemic, workplace safety / By max cyril

Two reports out this week show how badly the Trump administration is failing workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The AFL-CIO’s annual Death on the Job report looks at 9,051 complaints workers have sent the Occupational Safety and Health Administration expressing concern about safety on the job during the pandemic. OSHA has investigated just 198 of them, and 85 of …

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October 13, 2020

East Bay Health Care Workers Strike Forces County to Disband the Boss

Trump’s Anti-Worker Labor Board

OSHA is doing virtually nothing to protect workers in the pandemic

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