February 1, 2021

Six dead in Georgia poultry plant liquid nitrogen leak, this week in the war on workers

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

Six people are dead after a liquid nitrogen leak at a Georgia poultry plant and 11 others were hospitalized, with at least three in critical condition. Two of the people killed were Mexican citizens, and those injured included at least four firefighters. “When leaked into the air, liquid nitrogen vaporizes into an odorless gas that’s capable …

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Toiling in the Marijuana Fields

Leave a Comment / Farm Workers, Legal Cannabis / By max cyril

Working People is excited to announce that, along with our ongoing partnership with In These Times magazine, we are now partnered with The Real News Network in Baltimore! In this episode, we sit down with Justin Whittaker for the first part of an ongoing series of interviews where we’ll be talking to workers on all sides of the marijuana industry?—?in states …

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Jeffrey Wigand: The Tobacco Whistle- Blower

Leave a Comment / labor, Wake Up! This is Reality! / By max cyril

Years after disclosing the deepest, darkest, tobacco industry secret, whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand remains as outspoken as ever. He still believes in the fight against tobacco. He is still on the front line as a key educator on tobacco dangers. Wigand was a big tobacco executive who made the top news when he revealed the addictive …

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3 Tips For Handling This Year’s Minimum Wage Increases

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage, Pandemic / By max cyril

Workers in half of the United States are seeing minimum wage increases in 2021, meaning employers and employees alike will need to stay abreast of changes that can affect various types of compensation beyond workers’ regular pay, experts told Law360. The statewide wage floor will go up in 25 states this year, according to a …

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The U.S. Economy Excels at One Thing: Producing Massive Inequality

Leave a Comment / labor, unemployment / By max cyril

To grasp the sheer magnitude of U.S. economic inequality in recent years, consider its two major stock market indices: the Standard and Poor (S&P) 500 and Nasdaq. Over the last 10 years, the values of shares listed on them grew spectacularly. The S&P 500 went from roughly 1,300 points to over 3,800 points, almost tripling. …

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