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Health providers’ scramble for staff and supplies reveals sharp disparities

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Doctors, nurses and caregivers at smaller and poorer hospitals and medical facilities across the country are still struggling to obtain the protective gear, personnel and resources they need to fight the coronavirus despite President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that the problems are solved. Health care workers at all types of facilities scrambled for scarce masks, …

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New Jersey Unions Distribute 2,000 Food Kits to Unemployed Workers During Heavy Rain

Leave a Comment / Community Service, unions / By max cyril

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Driving rain and thunder couldn’t stop New Jersey’s working people from helping out Atlantic City …

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Agricultural Workers Lose Millions of Dollars Each Year to Employer Wage Theft

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It’s against U.S. labor laws, but that hasn’t stopped employers from withholding more than $65 million in worker wages over the last two decades. Tens of thousands of agricultural workers have been denied wages by their employers—a violation of labor laws—over the past two decades, according to Department of Labor data. The data shows that the employers …

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New unemployment claims fall below 1 million for the first time in five months

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The number of workers filing jobless claims last week fell to 963,000. New unemployment claims fell last week to 963,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday, the first time in months the figure has been less than 1 million. An additional 488,622 laid-off workers filed for jobless aid under the new pandemic unemployment assistance program, created …

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The Return of the Construction Industry Has Brought a Surge of Immigrant Worker Deaths

Leave a Comment / Health & Safety / By max cyril

The rush to keep building through the pandemic has compounded the risks for construction workers. The recovery of the construction industry in the United States after the lockdowns imposed by the pandemic has been remarkable. Activity in the industry, based on data on workers’ hours, returned since May to pre-lockdown levels in 34 states, and construction spending …

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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day highlights generations of inequality—and lack of progress today

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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day falls on August 13 this year. That’s the day when, starting on January 1, 2019, Black women have finally been paid what white men were paid in 2019 alone. Equal Pay Day, the day observing this marker for women overall in the U.S., fell on March 31 this year, while Latina Equal …

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The Largest Private-Sector Strike of the Year Is Headed for Union Victory

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After nearly seven weeks on the picket line, Machinists union members will soon vote on a contract that includes everything they’re fighting for. BATH, MAINE — It’s no coincidence that the first strike in 20 years at Bath Iron Works (BIW) began months into the Covid-19 pandemic. While Maine has one of the lowest Covid transmission rates in the …

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‘Can’t possibly be serious’: Trump’s bid to shore up jobless aid falls short

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The president’s order depends on already cash-poor states being able to create and implement a new system and fund one-fourth of the aid. Tens of millions of jobless Americans are unlikely to see their weekly unemployment checks grow anytime soon — despite President Donald Trump’s executive action promising an extra $400 a week. The president’s …

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Working Life Episode 194: Two Hollywood Tales—A Union Win in California, A Florida Progressive Aims to Fire Debbie Wasserman-Schulz

The Federal Agency Designed to Protect Workers Is Trying to Destroy Unions and Weaken Labor Rights

Leave a Comment / worker's rights / By max cyril

When Dan Hoskins tried to organize colleagues at an Oregon plant in 2019, vindictive managers marched him past as many workers as possible en route to a disciplinary meeting in the human resources office. The company wanted to create a climate of fear, Hoskins recalled, not only by threatening his job but ensuring others saw …

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