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Nearly 69 percent of direct care nurses in Ohio experienced workplace violence, including verbal abuse, threats, or physical assault, in the past 12 months, according to the Registered Nurses Association of Ohio's 2026 Workplace Safety Report released today.
Approximately 390 golf caddies at Pebble Beach golf course in Monterey, California, voted 307-35 in favor of union representation last month, becoming the first unionized caddies in the golf industry, according to The Nation.
At least 30 workers died in workplace accidents across Greece, China, and the United States between July 9 and July 12, 2026, prompting regulators to impose safety penalties exceeding half a million dollars and order operational shutdowns at facilities in three countries, according to enforcement fi
The Senate HELP Committee placed National Labor Relations Board nominees James Macy and David Prouty on its calendar for a June 15 hearing, setting up votes that could reshape the Board's composition before Congress's August recess, according to Labor Relations Ink.
Brigham and Women's Hospital told approximately 4,000 striking nurses they cannot return to work until Monday morning, extending what was planned as a one-day strike to a five-day lockout, according to NBC Boston. The nurses walked off the job Tuesday and planned to end their strike at 6:59 a.m.
California and the GEO Group reached a settlement this week affirming that state workplace safety laws apply to immigrant detainees who perform work at private detention facilities, resolving a three-year legal dispute over whether detainees qualify as employees under labor protections, according to
More than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital will walk off the job on July 8 in what the Massachusetts Nurses Association calls the largest health care worker strike in state history, according to NBC Boston. The strike follows months of stalled contract negotiations over cost-of-living in
Approximately 1,500 PECO Energy workers represented by IBEW Local 614 will strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday if no contract agreement is reached, union president Larry Anastasi announced Friday evening, according to FOX 29. The workers have been without a contract since spring, and both sides remain div
Amazon initiated an internal investigation after a June 5 fire at a third-party delivery partner facility in Uttarakhand, India, killed two workers, according to a Reuters report published July 3. Police findings show the M&M Logistics Solutions facility lacked a valid fire safety clearance and esse
Registered nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus voted 99 percent in favor of authorizing a 14-day strike on July 1, escalating a contract dispute over staffing ratios, workplace safety, and retention issues at Massachusetts' only academic Level 1 Trauma Center, according to th
Long-term night and rotating shift work causes reduced brain volume, increases cancer risk, and raises mortality rates among workers with cardiometabolic disease, according to an analysis published July 1 in the Los Angeles Times examining 26 years of occupational health evidence and frontline testi
The Taft-Hartley Act's prohibition on solidarity strikes, enacted June 23, 1947, continues to restrict union use nearly 79 years later, according to analysis published this week by labor researcher Hayley Brown examining how the ban prevents cross-employer collective action that proved effective in
