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A Construction Workers Advice for Dealing with COVID
Although COVID cases are down and the vaccine is being distributed, the virus still poses a significant threat. There are still tens of thousands of Americans who are getting sick and thousands...
Can an Employer Mandate the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Since COVID-19 began to shut down workplaces, schools, restaurants, and entertainment venues many people have been waiting with bated breath for a vaccine. Now 11 months in and the vaccine is being...
13 Things to Do If Your Boss Doesn't Take COVID Seriously
This post was written by the AFGE Winter is not coming. It’s already here. Due to the high volume of COVID-19 exposure in several government agencies, our union has...
Teamsters Deliver First COVID-19 Vaccines
Following the FDA’s approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a national race was on to deliver the vaccine to hospitals and health care clinics so that frontline workers could begin getting...
Online Bookstore Alternate to Amazon
The pandemic has hit many industries very hard, but small businesses, especially in retail, have been some of the hardest hit. Unlike big companies, many of these businesses don’t have billions...
NFLPA: We Can Avoid a Bubble
Although the NFL has been dealing with outbreaks of COVID-19 throughout the season, the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) believes that the season can be completed without having...
Teachers Move to the Front of the COVID Vaccine List
With news that a vaccine for COVID-19 could be available by the middle of December, officials are trying to figure out who to vaccinate first. While healthcare workers seem like a no-brainer,...
The Clapping Ended, the Risk to Healthcare Workers Did Not
As COVID-19 continues to rage, healthcare workers from nurses in New York to the hospital laundry workers have begun organizing and going on strike over the lack of wages, protection, and benefits...
Podcast: Who Will Biden Pick to Lead the Labor & Edu Departments?
The Building Trades secure a deal to build offshore wind plants, North Dakota is forcing nurses to work while sick with COVID, Biden shows his union muscle to CEOs, and who will lead the Departments...
Tyson Managers Taking Bets On Workers Getting COVID
Vice is reporting that managers at a Tyson plant were caught taking bets on how many of their workers would get sick as COVID ripped through their factories. Find out more below from Vice.