Unions Say Healthcare Workers “in Grave Danger” Originally posted in National Nurses United: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-disappointed-by-courts-decision-to-deny-permanent-standard-petition
New York, NY – A half-century after the enactment of federal occupational health protections for workers, hundreds of workers are still dying “each day from hazardous working conditions,” reports the
New York, NY – In 2020, the pandemic shutdown dramatically curtailed building across the city and state. Fifty-four construction workers — a figure that would spark hair-on-fire outrage and shrieks
WASHINGTON— The case could have been called OSHA v. COVID — and the Supreme Court ruled in favor of COVID. On Jan. 13, the Court ruled 6-3 to delay the
Los Angeles, Calif.—The Biden administration’s proposed emergency workplace vaccine rules are essential to protect people from employers indifferent to their safety, three “essential workers” said Oct. 28. The COVID-19 epidemic
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Spurred by the deaths of three construction workers within eight days in May, the city Department of Buildings has begun “zero-tolerance sweeps” of the city’s larger construction sites.
WASHINGTON—One day after the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. passed 2 million, the nation’s second most powerful court denied the AFL-CIO’s petition to force the Occupational Safety
NEW YORK, N.Y.—In the first 17 days of this month, the temperature in New York City reached 90°F five times. That kind of scorching heat can be deadly, especially for
