Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/covid-19/page/9/)
After a worker at a beauty supply factory near Chicago died of COVID-19, her former co-workers staged a protest. But they didn’t seek help from OSHA. They sought help from a new advocate: the state attorney general’s office.
This morning in Roseville, Caribou Coffee workers and supporters organized by ROC Minnesota, staged a car rally in the drive-through lane
In states like Minnesota, there is need for health care professionals to help fight COVID-19, but hospitals are losing out on other forms of revenue, which has led to staffing cuts
Following news of another firing and the revelation of two positive cases of COVID-19, more than 50 Shakopee Amazon fulfillment workers walked off the job just after midnight Sunday morning.
Amid this climate, a small army of right-wing think tanks and conservative organizations is cynically invoking the plight of the downtrodden to make the case for swiftly reopening the economy and sending workers into deadly conditions. Some of the organizations beating this drum the loudest—the Heritage Foundation, Americans for Prosperity (AFP)
While cutting benefits for emergency room doctors and other medical workers, TeamHealth and Envision have spent millions on ads meant to pressure politicians working on legislation to cap out-of-network costs for Americans.
Last week’s closing of Smithfield’s pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota has put a spotlight on the dangers facing workers in the food supply industry
Earlier today Hennepin County library and service center workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2822, held a “in car” convergence at the Ridgedale Library parking lot.
Nurse union activists organized actions at hospitals across the country Tuesday, a national day of action to draw attention to how the U.S.’s profit-driven health care system is failing workers and patients alike.
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, medical students are being conscripted into the frontline of the crisis.