For a vast majority of Americans democracy ends when work hours begin. Most people in this country are subject, as workers, to the nearly unmediated authority of their employers, which can discipline, sanction or fire them for nearly any reason
Baltimore Museum of Art workers are unionizing for livable wages, staff advancement, health and safety.
Cathy Scorsese has worked in props for "The Departed," "The Sopranos," and other films and TV shows. The daughter of Martin Scorsese is well versed in on-set firearm safety. She talks about the "Rust" incident and what needs to change.
The Oakland Education Association shows how educators played a large role in setting the terms of school re-opening.
Murray, a Trump supporter and climate change denier, has been a major player in industry lobbying against regulations to limit the amount of coal dust miners breathe. Now he suffers from the same fatal illness
Union membership in the UK hit a historic low (23%) a few years ago. The pandemic has reminded many workers that the unions are their protective shield in a situation where employers were ordering them back to work in unsafe circumstances.
Workers asked to work in situations that present a danger to their health and safety have rights, and they should not be afraid to assert them.
“We’re in a different world today, where management is all about the money and the company’s bottom line, but where’s the dignity of a person?”
There are thousands of accidents across the United States every year that could be prevented by stronger safety and health regulations and enforcement.
The meat and poultry industry remains exceptionally dangerous, despite a decline in reported injuries and illnesses over the past 10 years, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. Further, says the report, the injury and illness rates reflected in Department of Labor numbers are significantly underreported.
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