Grocery workers are keeping Americans alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what they need.
grocery workers like Courtney Meadows are working at a frantic pace to keep Americans fed and alive, and risking their own health in the process.
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Construction unions call for better safety, health protections as work continues during coronavirus pandemic
Union leaders and public health experts say construction workers need health and financial protection as they continue to work sites during the pandemic.
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Hospitality Union Demands Dues From Members Left Unemployed By Coronavirus
A hospitality union is still demanding dues payments from workers left unemployed by the coronavirus.UNITE HERE Local 11, which represents more than 30,000 hotel employees in Southern California and Arizona, has continued to request dues from laid off workers as the pandemic halts travel across the…
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SFMOMA to Lay Off or Furlough Over 300 Museum Staff
The museum, which extended its closure through June 30, announced new measures to reduce expenses….
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Hearing on unionization at HCA’s Mission Health pushed to April 6
The National Labor Relations Board has rescheduled a hearing to April 6 to determine whether nurses at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health can vote to join a union, according to the health system.
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‘Each day we get news of another brother or sister who has fallen’: United Auto Workers announce death of fourth Fiat Chrysler employee due to the coronavirus | Business Insider
A fourth known Fiat Chrysler union employee has died due to the novel coronavirus, the United Auto Workers announced Thursday.
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Healthcare Workers Union Finds 39 Million N95 Masks for Doctors, Nurses
On Thursday, a union representing nearly 100,000 members working in California hospitals announced that it had located 39 million N95 masks.
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Qantas denies sick leave to its grounded workers amid coronavirus pandemic – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Qantas has told some 20,000 employees that they will not be eligible for paid sick leave — leaving staff who may have been exposed to coronavirus in financial peril.
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United Auto Workers union confirms the death of third Fiat Chrysler plant worker due to COVID-19
The United Auto Workers union announced that an FCA worker died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, marking the third FCA employee to die from the disease.
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Union wary of Ford plan to reopen plants
United Auto Workers (UAW), which represents workers at five Ford plants shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, is expressing reservations about the automaker’s plan to resume production in early April.
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