Phoenix Ordinance Adds Rules to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat April 2, 2024 With hundreds of heat related deaths in and around Phoenix, Arizona last year, a new city ordinance has taken a...
Nevada Tops States Where Energy Workers Get Highest Compensation Pay-Outs February 2, 2024 Nevada tops states in a new study of states in which current and former employees of the Department of Energy...
Startups Are Inventing Cooling Clothes for a Hotter Future September 5, 2023 By Coco Liu Every morning, thousands of construction workers in Qatar start their day by soaking their uniforms in water. The two-minute ritual...
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...
Washington Adds Emergency Rules for Outdoor Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat July 12, 2021 The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries filed an emergency rule to provide increased protection for employees exposed to...
Pork Group Asks USDA to Support Faster Slaughterhouse Speeds May 27, 2021 By David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group representing pork producers urged the federal government Tuesday to let them continue an...
Judge Hands Amazon a Setback in New York Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Shortfalls April 13, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday ruled against Amazon.com Inc as the company defends against New York Attorney...
U.S. Court Slams Brakes on Trump-Era Hog Slaughter Line Speed Rule; Union Cheers April 1, 2021 By Karl Plume CHICAGO — The largest U.S. meatpacking union celebrated a victory in federal court on Wednesday that it said invalidated a...
California Subpoenas Amazon Over Worker Safety in Pandemic December 16, 2020 California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday asked a judge to order Amazon to comply with subpoenas his office issued...
Colorado Workers Protest Covid-19 Fine Issued to Meat Plant September 18, 2020 By Patty Nieberg DENVER — A union representing workers at a Colorado meatpacking plant where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more...