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Tag: worker health

A Black woman looks at her phone while working at a table with a laptop, notebook and cup of coffee. A breast pump is also on the table ready to use.
Posted inGender health

Two laws provide greater accommodations for pregnant and nursing workers

by Rachel Crumpler January 30, 2023January 29, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler Within months of returning to work after giving birth in July, Paula Harwick said she felt her breast milk supply start to dry up.  Harwick said that was because she had no time to pump throughout her day as a high school Spanish teacher in Durham. On top of teaching her normal […]

Raw chickens hang from wires at a poultry plant. Poultry companies are selling chicken for cheap amidst coroanvirus
Posted inInfectious Disease

OSHA and USDA should have done more to protect meatpacking workers, report says

by Daily Yonder April 23, 2022December 10, 2022
we look through a chain link fence into an industrial complex / poultry plantwhere multiple workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Posted inState Health Policy

Labor Department fines Mountaire Farms in Lumber Bridge $21,000 for worker safety violations

by CityView Today February 25, 2022August 31, 2022
we look through a chain link fence into an industrial complex / poultry plantwhere multiple workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Trabajadores de Mountaire Farms en Lumber Bridge alegan que los productos químicos los están enfermando

by Greg Barnes August 30, 2021August 29, 2021
Posted inNC Health Briefs, Public Health

The Dark Side of Recycling

by Rose Hoban April 14, 2016
Raw chickens hang from wires at a poultry plant. Poultry companies are selling chicken for cheap amidst coroanvirus
Posted inRural Health

Poultry Workers Will Get Health & Safety Training

by Rose Hoban September 4, 2015April 19, 2021

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