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Working Behind the Wall
When we think of incarceration, we think about people sentenced to prison. Perhaps we think of those in jail awaiting trial or serving a short sentence. When we think of reentry, the act of person...
Will 50-a Police Discipline Records Rule Backfire?
A trusted source of UCOMM's has given us the skinny on the deal with releasing the employment records of officers who are suspected of being the bad apples. Newsday did a fair piece on it below,...
Frontline Workers Get Death Benefits
On Saturday, May 30th New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to grant death benefits to frontline workers who died in the war against COVID-19.
Alt-Right Posting Fake Protest Locations
Protests are raging in cities and towns across America to protest the murder of George Floyd. While most have stayed peaceful, some outside agitators have decided to co-opt the protests to commit...
Trump's OSHA: 5k Complain Only 1 Citation
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, workers and labor organizations have been calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to put out guidelines to protect workers. Not only has...
Wear a Mask to Meet Mickey
Since March, Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida has been closed. Now, with Florida beginning to reopen, Disney is itching to get their theme park and resort up and running. That process got one...
AFL-CIO Sues OSHA Over COVID-19 Safety Standard
This morning, the AFL-CIO filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals to compel the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an emergency temporary...
Nurse: I Want My Death to Make You Angry
This post was written by the MN Nurses Association What is it like being a nurse in a pandemic? Every day I bounce through the stages of grief like a pinball. The ricochet and whiplash leaves my...
I'm Not Disposable
No life is worth sacrificing for Trump's ego. Below is an editorial that was written by Varda Yoran about what she still has to live for.
Teachers Will Strike if Trump Forces School ReOpen
On a call with the nation’s Governors on Monday, Trump suggested that states consider reopening schools before the end of the year, saying “Many are thinking about their school system....