Colorado meat packing plant with 6,000 employees closed after coronavirus outbreak
A meat packing plant in Colorado where dozens of employees have contracted the novel coronavirus is closed for a deep cleaning and all workers will be tested before they can return to their jobs, officials said Friday.
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Maine AFL-Cio: ‘the Time Is Now for Labor to Engage With Climate’
The Maine AFL-CIO just passed a resolution at its October Convention “to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality Crisis and Create Union Jobs.”…
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Automakers push to reopen plants with testing and lots of masks – Reuters
Global automakers reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic are accelerating efforts to restart factories from Wuhan to Maranello to Michigan, using safety protocols developed for China and U.S. ventilator production operations launched in recent weeks.
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‘Fighting for survival’: Inside the union where coronavirus put 98% of members out of work – Raw Story
Last June, D. Taylor, the president of the union Unite Here, stood before a throng of hotel, casino and food service workers. They’d packed into a giant ballroom at the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas to hear their leader celebrate the accomplishments of one of the few success stories in…
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Poultry industry’s delayed Covid-19 response is killing workers?
Outside of the poultry industry, those companies seem to be getting it right with a few outliers, ensuring workers have the space they need…
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Albertsons, UFCW seek ‘first responder’ status for grocery workers
Designation would bring added testing, protection to food retail employees…
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Hospital Food Workers and Janitors Are Stuck In a “Death Trap” – In These Times
Overlooked workers are risking their lives to keep the healthcare system running. Now, they’re fighting back….
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Veterans hospital employees fear new work-from-home ban will endanger community
The hospital’s new director, James Doelling, sent an email to Hines VA staffers calling for "all hands on deck" after many employees had already been working from home for weeks.
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Sources – MLB, union focused on plan that could allow season to start as early as May in Arizona
Major League Baseball and its players are increasingly focused on a plan that could allow them to start the season as early as May in greater Phoenix and has the support of high-ranking federal public health officials, sources told ESPN.
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