…higher rate of reproductive health issues and pregnancy complications. Demographically, most in that sector are Asian and Latin American immigrants. Chemicals like glues, removers and polishes that the women work…
Mine manager Anthony Valente, employed by mining company R J Valente Gravel, was sentenced to six months in prison in mid-April and five years of probation for his reckless disregard…
…labor, and so far, the Court, dominated as it is by conservative justices, seems to be sympathetic to the vast corporation’s cause. Starbucks is asking the Court for a decision…
…High-Speed Rail Project on April 22. It will operate between Las Vegas, NV, and Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Fully electric and zero emission, the 218-mile line is expected to open in…
In the state of Wisconsin, a win for both Labor and local utilities, as well as the environment, has been achieved. In late March, it was announced that the state’s…
…put in place medical surveillance programs. Silica dust is linked to many respiratory illnesses, some of which are terminal. These include silicosis, lung cancer, black lung disease, and more. Acting…
…them know there’s something happening, maybe that could have helped out a little bit.” She added that at her other job at a supermarket in Westchester, also represented by RWDSU,…
…and 179 in 2022. Union leaders say these numbers are most likely an undercount. Read the full story by Duncan Freeman for The Chief-Leader, published April 12, 2024, here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/council-passes-ems-body-armor-self-defense-training-bills,52261…
…One librarian, Kerry Auld, facing these problems, organized a union under a new Colorado collective bargaining law. Read the full story by Elizabet Garcia for AFSCME News, published here: https://www.afscme.org/blog/library-worker-describes-why-she-loves-her-job-and-why-shes-part-of-a-union…
…being switched, against their will, to the private, for-profit Medicare Advantage plan. The latter is actually not deemed an “advantage” at all by many, as it has many downsides and…
