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Four Florida Teachers Die from COVID
With schools in Florida set to welcome back students next week, one of the largest school districts in the state is warning that a recent COVID-19 spike could put students and anyone who is...
California Requires Teacher Vaccine, Testing
This story was written by the Associated Press. California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing,...
Unions to Cuomo: Resign Now
On Tuesday, August 4th, New York Attorney General Letitia James released the findings of her office’s investigation into sexual assault and harassment allegations against New York Governor...
Unions: Vaccine Mandates Must be Bargained
As COVID cases are once again spiking across the nation and vaccine rates plateau, the effort to get people vaccinated has moved from the reward phase to the penalty phase. Just in the last week,...
Steamfitter Arrested for January 6th
Almost seven months after the attack on the United States Capitol, some of the insurgents are still being arrested. The latest one is a union member from New York City. According to Newsday,...
OSHA Issues $1M in Fines at Georgia Poultry Plant
In January of 2021, UCOMM Blog reported on a liquid nitrogen gas leak at a poultry plant in Gainesville Georgia. The leak killed six people and injured at least a dozen more. OSHA immediately began...
NYC Mandates Vaccine for City Workers
With rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta Variant, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced on Monday that all city workers and some city contractors will be required to be vaccinated or submit to...
Burger King Employees Take Action
A Burger King sign has gone viral after employees of one of the chain's restaurants left a notice to management that they were "all quitting," according to "TODAY" Digital...
Missouri Woman Refuses Vaccine, Is Now Dead
A woman in Missouri is dead after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine and then contracting the Delta variant.
Firefighters Continue Search for Survivors
On Thursday, June 24th, the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside Florida collapsed killing at least 11 people. As of June 29th, over 150 people are still deemed missing. As the building...