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The Transportation Security Administration removed X-ray body scanners from major airports, planning to shift them to smaller airports. But many of the backscatters sit in a warehouse as the agency looks into whether the manufacturer, Rapiscan Systems, falsified software tests.
over 11 years ago
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over 9 years ago
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Employers will be legally responsible if their temp agencies and subcontractors put workers at risk or withhold wages.
over 9 years ago
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Joel Ramirez was paralyzed from the waist down in 2009 when a 900-pound crate fell on him while on the job. A new #WorkersComp law in 2014 passed in California and the home health aide he relied on was taken away. This is his life now.
about 9 years ago
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A new Department of Labor report says cuts to state workers’ comp systems have left injured workers with inadequate benefits and raises the specter of federal oversight. The findings echo those of a ProPublica and NPR investigation last year.
over 7 years ago
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One of the most dangerous companies in the U.S. took advantage of immigrant workers. Then, when they got hurt or fought back, it used America’s laws against them.
about 7 years ago
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In directing staffers at the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security to draft a rule increasing the number of guest-worker visas, senior political officials specifically highlighted businesses in Maine and Alaska, home to senators who hold crucial health care votes.
almost 7 years ago
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over 6 years ago
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over 6 years ago
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A decade ago, the government spent more than $1 trillion to bail out companies and stimulate the economy. What have we learned since then?
about 4 years ago
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Newly released documents reveal that the meatpacking industry’s callousness
toward the health of its workers and its influence over the Trump administration
was far greater than previously known.
almost 2 years ago
