CDC Urges States to Distribute Protective Gear to Farmworkers to Guard Against Bird Flu May 10, 2024 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has asked that states make personal protective equipment (PPE) available to workers on dairy...
Arkansas Tyson Workers Sue over Lack of COVID Protections March 8, 2023 By Dee-Ann Durbin Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to...
Amazon Workers in New York City Win Partial Revival of COVID-19 Safety Lawsuit October 18, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Amazon.com Inc. must face a claim that it failed to protect New York City warehouse workers and their families from...
Covid Hit at Least 59,000 Meat Workers in Pandemic’s First Year, Report Says October 27, 2021 By Mike Dorning and Megan Boyanton At least 59,000 meatpacking workers contracted the coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic as the virus rapidly spread...
Tyson Suspends Managers Accused of Covid Betting Pool November 20, 2020 By Mike Dorning Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how...
Masks Are Coveted Items With Covid and Smoke Sweeping West Coast September 25, 2020 By Richard Chess Lindsey Major, wracked with asthma, crisscrossed Seattle in search of an N95 mask as wildfire smoke blanketed the West Coast....
Virus Hits Frontline Workers in Taxed Public Health System July 22, 2020 By Laura Ungar As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already faced health challenges and didn’t...
Red Alerts in China as Floods Maroon Equipment to Fight Coronavirus July 17, 2020 By David Stanway SHANGHAI — Large parts of China were reeling on Friday from the worst floods in decades, as disruption mounted for...
Masks, Gowns in Short Supply Leave Hospital Workers Exposed July 16, 2020 By John Tozzi American health-care workers still face dangerous shortages of personal protective equipment as the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 fills hospitals across...
Law Firms Tracking Wave of COVID-19 Employee v. Employer Litigation July 9, 2020 By Jim Sams A pandemic is no time to play favorites at the workplace, skimp on personal protective equipment or get too stingy...