On May 2, TV and movie writers went on strike for the first time in 15 years. Today’s strike includes some 11,500 film and TV writers, who belong to the union Writers Guild of America (WGA). The strike began when the union and the boss, the Alliance of Motion Picture...
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. A hospital is not made up of solely healthcare providers and patients. Hospitals function because of the vital responsibilities of all its workers:...
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Everyone knows you have to be alert when you are working in the system at BART – whether it’s on the trains, in the stations, the shops or on the trackway. ...
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It might be hard to recall, but only a few years ago people were not wearing masks in high-risk settings. Even within hospitals, the majority of...
In the early evening of Friday, March 24, an explosion killed 7 workers and hospitalized several others at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The explosion took place at a production facility for the R.M. Palmer Company, which produces seasonal...
