Weekly Update: March 27 – April 2, 2023
News A win for workers in the poultry industry: The U.S. Dept. of Labor recovered over $300,000 in overtime pay for poultry catchers in Alabama and North Carolina. A [...]
News A win for workers in the poultry industry: The U.S. Dept. of Labor recovered over $300,000 in overtime pay for poultry catchers in Alabama and North Carolina. A [...]
News Last Thursday, a panel of FDA advisers met and endorsed Paxlovid, a step towards full approval of the COVID-19 treatment that currently has emergency use authorization. The panel found [...]
News This week marks the 3rd anniversary since the U.S. federal government declared a national emergency due to COVID-19, setting in motion a series of extraordinary public policies known [...]
News A recent New York Times exposé revealed rampant child labor violations in the U.S. where migrant children are often employed in dangerous industries, including protein processing. Mexico's government and the Department of Labor [...]
News Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) held a briefing to address frequently-asked questions about how the Public Health Emergency (PHE) transition will impact COVID-19 [...]
News We've got more wins for workers this week! OSHA now has the authority to offer U and T visa certification for workers who experience health and safety violations [...]
News Did you know that OSHA's website is available in 16 languages, including Haitian Creole and Spanish? More language access means more workers can have access to tools that enable [...]
COVID-19 News The CDC data on COVID-19 case and death rates among people of different ages and vaccination statuses now includes information through December 2022, and data continues to demonstrate that [...]
COVID-19 News Last Thursday, an FDA committee voted to simplify the COVID-19 vaccination strategy in the U.S. The committee recommended that future vaccines have the same formula, no matter if [...]
COVID-19 News Last week, we shared the news about DHS's new guidance regarding possible deferred action protection from deportation and access to work authorization for undocumented workers or those [...]
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