Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/midwest/page/2/)
Nurses warn Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet is failing to comply with a 2021 Illinois law to ensure safe staffing. Now, they’re fighting for improvements at the bargaining table.
A 911 call, obtained through a FOIA, only cites dehydration as the possible cause of the fatal medical emergency.
“Cops are the first line of defense for business owners and employers, so I think it makes sense for labor to be opposed to Cop City.”
Diesel engines have gotten a sweetheart deal from environmental regulators. It’s time that changed.
A worker’s arm was mangled in a machine. Before treatment, a manager requested a drug test.
“Corporate greed [is] turning railroads into banks to extract billions and billions of dollars from what should be critical infrastructure.”
When they want to wage war or destroy the planet, American political elites are obsessed with “job creation.” When workers start accruing a modest amount of power, elites demand increased unemployment.
Sen. Manchin has justified fossil fuel extraction because it “creates jobs.” He’s also pushing a policy that would cut them.
The National Federation of Independent Businesses has been active in passing new laws allowing teenagers to work long and late hours in three states.