Tag: coronavirus
Deadline for completing 2020 Census extended to Oct. 31 amid pandemic
The deadline to complete the 2020 Census originally set for July 31 has been extended to Oct. 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Getting an...
AFL-CIO sues OSHA to demand emergency temporary standard for worker protections
The AFL-CIO has filed suit to compel the Labor Department to issue an emergency temporary standard that would offer stronger protection for U.S. workers...
AFSCME launches ads calling for state and local aid
‘Strong public services’ needed to beat pandemic, re-open economy
Washington — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME ) has launched an...
Labor leaders warn against reopening too soon
As communities and businesses, hard-hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, begin the process of easing stay-at-home orders, local Labor leaders are...
Conducting Labor’s business at a distance
CONDUCTING LABORS’ BUSINESS with its first-ever Zoom meeting, the St. Louis Labor Council last week held its regular business online as it brought nearly...
Heroes Act protects and compensates essential workers, but Senate Republicans are...
The HEROES Act, a COVID-19 relief bill, introduced by Congressional Democrats and passed by the House, would provide compensation and critical health and safety...
Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club providing meals to children during...
Supporting children in need during this time of crisis, the Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club has launched an extensive meals program to help...
Nurses, abandoned by Federal Government; forced to buy their own masks,...
Washington — The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) — which represents nearly 200,000 nurses, respiratory specialists, health techs, physicians and other professionals in the...
Workers demand nursing home owners take action amid COVID-19 outbreaks at...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
St. Louis – Workers from Blue Circle Nursing & Rehab, where eight residents are suspected to have lost their lives to COVID-19...
Essential workers caravan in downtown St. Louis to demand PPE, better...
Downtown St. Louis – As Congress debated the next round of federal stimulus legislation, essential workers caravanned through downtown St. Louis May 14, to...