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… reasonable rest, no employer-funded health care or retirement benefits, ineligibility for overtime pay, and limited access to safety and training. “Experiencing the type of burnout and fatigue that you do working these long hours, your ability to … Cheyenne Cage, a production supervisor, told More Perfect Union. “We can enact tangible change if we stay together and work together.” Workers at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Win Voluntary Recognition : The Academy Museum of Motion … a contract for three years because the county was trying to break the union. The county denied them their constitutional right to bargain , and Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 148 fought alongside the workers legally to win this battle. The …

… who are without jobs through no fault of their own have had the safety net of the unemployment compensation program to serve as a backup plan until they get back on their feet. Under new rules implemented by Florida Gov. Rick Scott and his … paid. The new rules also allow the state to deny compensation to workers for their actions that take place outside of work and have no connection to any job. The effect of the new rules has been dramatic—hundreds of thousands of unemployed … whether or not they are illegal and require an undue burden on the jobless. “This complaint is not challenging Florida’s right to operate an unemployment insurance program that already pays some of the lowest benefits in the country. Rather, this …

… this morning. And that daily death toll, which has remained steady for the past several years, plus the 11.4 million work-related injuries and illnesses a year show: The nation must renew the commitment to protect workers from injury, disease and death and make this a high priority. We must demand that employers meet their responsibilities to protect workers and hold them accountable if they put workers in danger. Only then can the promise of safe jobs for all of …