Worker safety Archives - Page 6 of 13

Building Trades offers national medical screening program for nuclear weapons construction workers

May 13, 2020

Thousands of construction workers unwittingly put themselves at risk as they worked on sites involved in nuclear weapons research or production.

Masonry workers working COVID safe

May 13, 2020

BAC Local 1 held a video contest showing how masonry workers are finding ways to work COVID-safe—like a hydraulic arm lifting concrete blocks in place.

Pandemic effects ripple across the construction industry

Apr 15, 2020

Across the building trades, opinions vary about whether to stay working or stay at home in the midst of a pandemic.

On-the-job fatalities in Oregon in 2019

Apr 15, 2020

Fifty-nine Oregon workers lost their lives on the job last year. Here are their names and occupations.

Health care workers on the front lines

Apr 1, 2020

As hospitals prepare for an expected surge in serious respiratory illnesses from the coronavirus, medical staff are sounding the alarm.

Postal workers try to stay safe as USPS reels from dropoff in mail

Apr 1, 2020

USPS could run out of money by June, but Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell left it out of the just-passed stimulus bill.

Transit: Ridership plummets, but no workers are facing layoff, and cleaners are working overtime

Mar 25, 2020

In Eugene and Salem, bus service is now free. In Portland, new machines are disinfecting buses and trains with peroxide mist nightly.

Grocery stores respond to epidemic: Sneezeguards, raises, bonuses, and a hiring spree

Mar 23, 2020

With grocery workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response, Safeway/Albertsons is raising pay $2 an hour, while Kroger is paying $300 bonuses.

The coronavirus pandemic is turning life upside down for working people

Mar 18, 2020

From worried nurses to overwhelmed grocery workers, from layoffs to the stock collapse’s impact on pensions, a look at the epidemic’s impacts on working people and union members.

OSHA signs off on reduced fine against bridge painting contractor

Jan 15, 2020

Nearly three years after a near-fatal workplace accident under the Ross Island Bridge, contractor Abhe & Svoboda will pay just $24,500 in a settlement with Oregon OSHA, down from the $189,000 first announced. The non-union firm continues to bid on ODOT work.