Tag: Workplace safety
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
NEW YORK — An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at some retail and grocery stores reeling as they try to sort...
US rail industry defends safety record amid staffing cuts
OMAHA, Neb. — Even as railroads are operating longer and longer freight trains that sometimes stretch for miles, the companies have drastically reduced staffing...
Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant protection
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a Walmart in Aurora, Colorado, during...
Union leaders decry Indiana’s high rate of worker deaths
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher...
Top regulator warns of COVID-19 hazards inside Iowa Capitol
DES MOINES, Iowa — A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are...
Complaint may spur review of meat industry’s virus response
OMAHA, Neb. — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the...
South Carolina considers breaking up public health agency
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's public health workers have been tasked with keeping the state safe for 143 years, ever since lawmakers created a...