Monkeypox Is a Workers’ Rights Issue
The outbreak of monkeypox shows that workers need protections like paid leave and just cause to help protect public health.
COVID-19
Top 6 Workplace Issues Facing Remote and Hybrid Workers
The world of work has changed dramatically in recent years, and the pandemic only accelerated a shift that was already well underway. Today, millions of Americans find themselves working remotely at least some of the time. Remote and hybrid work models offer many benefits to employees. Parents and caregivers may not need to worry about …
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Unionized nursing homes were safer in the pandemic, this week in the war on workers
Unions have increasingly bargained for the common good in recent years, as when teachers negotiate lower class sizes and more school nurses or counselors, or nurses negotiate for improved staffing ratios so they can give every patient the attention they deserve. Union opponents often try to claim that these are really self-interested measures that only …
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Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate to go before Cincinnati-based federal court
The mandate will be tested before a court with a majority of Republican appointees. The legal fight over the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate will be heard before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, after a lottery conducted Tuesday by an obscure federal judicial panel. Nearly three dozen lawsuits have been filed in multiple federal appeals …
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Biden vaccine mandates will hit after holiday season, offering relief to businesses
The announcement follows weeks of pressure from business leaders who complained the rules would wreak havoc on the supply chain and possibly aggravate worker shortages. The Biden administration’s forthcoming vaccine mandates for millions of private employers, certain health care workers and federal contractors will not be enforced until after the holiday season, following weeks of …
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