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A Major Medical Staffing Company Just Slashed Benefits for Doctors and Nurses Fighting Coronavirus

Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule making it harder for workers to win and keep a union.

COVID-19

Fatalistic Grocery Workers Demand Hazard Pay, Saying “Infection Is Inevitable”

Front-line workers at grocery chains across the country say they want something more tangible than congratulations: hazard pay. And they are winning it with spontaneous organizing campaigns forged in the crucible of a national crisis.
Community

Resources for Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Response

Efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19 are creating immediate economic hardship for many working families.
COVID-19

From Manufacturing to Fast-Food, Employers are Taking Advantage of COVID-19 to Mistreat Workers

Over email, Simpson-Troy pleaded with their company saying, “I don't feel safe going into the office” but their boss insisted, saying, “It would be great if you came in.”
Community

With N-95 Collection Drive, Nurses gear up for Challenge Ahead

MNA plans to continue its collection drive each day through Sunday, from noon to 2 p.m., at 345 Randolph Ave.
Commentary

Grounded Reflections of Turbulent Times

As the airline industry sits at the precipice of another free fall, we must make the difficult decision to either go to work as usual and be exposed to exponentially greater risk, or take the airline's proffered unpaid leave of absence, also a great risk.
Community

MN Attorney General Vows to Investigate Pandemic Price-Gouging

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office has received complaints of one store selling a 36-roll pack of toilet paper for nearly $80