Pandemic

Exceptions to travel restrictions: getting employees back to the U.S.

Leave a Comment / Pandemic / By max cyril

Since President Trump declared that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a national emergency in March, restricting immigration has been one of the administration’s preferred tools to address the outbreak. One of the first steps President Trump took was to issue a series of Proclamations suspending entry of most foreign nationals traveling from certain countries with a …

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Postal workers complain of poor COVID-19 precautions, lack of contact tracing

2 Comments / Pandemic, Postal Workers / By max cyril

Mismanagement at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) endangers more than just the timely delivery of ballots for November’s elections. It endangers the lives of Postal Service workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 10,000 postal workers have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 83 have died. But the agency isn’t screening workers for symptoms, testing them for …

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Meatpacking industry got its way on COVID-19 policies, and workers died

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

When the meatpacking industry was hit with major coronavirus outbreaks back in the spring, there was no question about making workers’ lives a priority—it was always out of the question. This is an industry with high injury rates and low wages for its vulnerable population of workers, with its many people of color and immigrants. Industry executives have built …

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Teachers have public support for COVID-19 safety strikes, this week in the war on workers

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, Strike, Teachers / By max cyril

Teachers in some areas have said they might go on strike rather than going back to in-person teaching if they felt it would be unsafe—and a majority of Americans would support them, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll found. A third of people said they would strongly support teachers, and another 22% said they would somewhat support teachers. …

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How America Continues to Fail the Health Care Workers Battling the Pandemic

Leave a Comment / health care, healthcare, labor, Pandemic / By max cyril

American Red Cross workers travel from one community to another conducting the blood drives that save countless lives in emergency departments and operating rooms. But they struggle to perform that vital work while keeping themselves safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many health care employers, the Red Cross fails to consistently follow social distancing and …

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What are the best and worst states to work in during the coronavirus pandemic?

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, unemployment, Workers / By max cyril

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt blow after blow to U.S. workers. The two biggest: Unemployment is sky-high, and many of the jobs that are left are suddenly unsafe. But as with so many things, from minimum wage to paid sick leave to enforcement of existing laws, how bad workers have it varies dramatically from state …

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