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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.
COVID Positive Nurses Told to Go to Work
Across the country, COVID-19 cases are spiking. Harkening back to the dark days of March and April, hospitals are becoming overrun with sick patients. This is putting a strain on nurses and doctors...
CWA Responds to AT&T COVID-19 Outbreak
Despite 30 employees at an AT&T call center in Tustin, Calif. testing positive for COVID-19 and a probable fatality from the disease, AT&T has not agreed to allow all employees at the center...
How Trump's White House Failed the American Worker
With a week to go until election day, unions across this nation are doing their best to talk sense into some of their members who still plan on voting for Trump. The organized labor vote is not as...
1 in 4 Workers Considered Quitting Over COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues 25% of workers say they have considered quitting their jobs to stay safe. Find out more below
CBA's are Getting Shorter
For the first time in at least 20 years, collective bargaining agreements (CBA) are getting shorter. That is the finding from Bloomberg which looked at CBAs signed in the first six months of 2020.