Every day, there's a new story that makes it crystal clear that we workers are 100% expendable and that basically no employer in the country cares about us whatsoever. Whether it's someone being ...
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(Beirut) – Gulf Cooperation Council countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer of extreme heat conditions without adequate protection, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...
WASHINGTON— As extreme heat gripped most of the country today, more than 150 social justice, environmental, faith, health and labor groups urged federal, state and local elected officials to ban ...
Have you bought any new houseplants lately? Maybe a pothos, a snake plant, or a monstera? If so, there’s a good chance it passed through the hands of someone like me — someone working in a Florida ...
FILE - A pregnant patient is examined Aug. 31, 2023, in Summertown, Tenn. One hot day last summer, Clarisa Lugo was inspecting and counting corn and soybean plants in the middle of a 300-acre farm ...
More than three dozen worker’s rights organizations are calling for a statewide law that ensures people have access to shade, ...
FILE - A worker uses a towel for protection from the sun while working in temperatures above 90 degrees at a building construction site, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Boston. An extreme heat warning is ...