Quelle Surprise! Covid Burden Falling Hardest on Low Income Workers…But Don’t Expect Any Help
[ad_1] An important Economic Policy Institute article (hat tip martha r) confirms what many had suspected: that Covid was hurting lower income workers the most. We’ll shortly go through its analysis, which is important and informative. We will also review its recommendations, which are more of a mixed bag. Mind you, we don’t mean to […]
The unequal toll of COVID-19 on workers
[ad_1] The surge of the Omicron variant in the United States sickened millions, hospitalized young people at record rates, killed Americans at a far higher rate relative to other high-income countries, and led to widespread work absences and social disruptions. Household Pulse Survey (HPS) data reveal stark inequities in COVID-19-related outcomes by income. Among working-aged […]
Commentary: Threats, intimidation against doctors and health workers must end
[ad_1] The recent neo-Nazi protest against leading anti-racist physicians at a Boston-area hospital is yet another sad chapter in the long history of threats and intimidation of healthcare workers for simply carrying out the duties of our profession. The AMA is deeply concerned about this threatening behavior and how it has contributed to an increasingly […]
Why Young Workers Are Driving a Wave of Unionization
[ad_1] Yves here. It’s become common for readers to dismiss Bernie Sanders and the tiny number of Congresscritters who constitute The Squad because they have not been able to take over the apparatus of government or significantly change its operation. Yet Trump, who remember did become President and less of an outsider than Sanders by […]
California healthcare workers win stay-at-home battle as COVID-19 looms
[ad_1] Health care workers at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., will no longer be required to return to work immediately if they are asymptomatic if they test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus. In an agreement with SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, hospitals run by Prime Healthcare this week rescinded […]
California healthcare workers win fight to stay home while asymptomatic with COVID-19
[ad_1] The Prime Healthcare spokesperson said that under the previous policy, workers were asked but never required to return to work while asymptomatic. Of the hospital’s roughly 2,000 employees, five were asked to return to ]work without observing quarantine or isolation periods, the spokesperson said. In an emailed statement, a Prime Healthcare spokesperson said St. […]
Can Wisconsin system will suit to prevent workers from leaving for Ascension?
[ad_1] A Wisconsin health system is unlikely to prevail in its unusual attempt to use the legal system to force a group of employees to keep working at its hospital instead of starting their new jobs with a competitor. Seven employees from ThedaCare, a seven-hospital system based in Neenah, Wisconsin, have accepted jobs with Ascension […]
HHS awards grants to address health worker burnout and well-being
[ad_1] The Health System Pharmacists Association plans to use the funding to develop a Wellbeing Ambassadors program that will raise awareness among pharmacists about burnout and support local strategies to promote well-being, especially those practicing in tribal, rural or other underserved areas among those. “We are honored to have been selected by HRSA to lead […]
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine authorization for private industry, supports most health workers
[ad_1] By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, a former securities attorney and derivatives trader.She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. The U.S. Supreme Court weighed the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate yesterday, offering two separate, unsigned per-curiam opinions, National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Biden v Missouri, […]
Chinese port workers jailed in Dalian for coronavirus violations
[ad_1] A Chinese court has sentenced three port workers to up to 57 months in prison for violating Covid-19 containment rules, as authorities intensify efforts to stamp out the virus through lockdowns and restrictions on movement. Three workers at a company handling imported goods in the northeastern port city of Dalian have been sentenced to […]
Court appears ready to block workplace vaccine or testing policies, but may allow healthcare workers to get vaccinated
[ad_1] Analysis of arguments go through Amy Howe January 7, 2022 4:56 pm On Friday, the court heard oral arguments in two cases over the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. (Guyyoung1966 via Wikimedia Commons) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday on two sets of challenges to the Biden administration’s powers to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In […]
State Attorney General takes action to protect workers from COVID-19: An overview of state and local law enforcement actions across the country
[ad_1] Series: Enforcer of the New Labor Law Places such as state attorneys, district attorneys, and cities are playing an increasingly important role in protecting workers’ rights. This new series by Terri Gerstein briefly introduces the enforcement and other actions taken by these emerging labor law enforcement officers at the state and local levels to […]