Millions Of Masks Found For Hospital Staff Fighting Coronavirus By SEIU United Healthcare Workers
The SEIU says they found one supplier who has 39 million masks available and another who says they can make 20 million more masks per week.
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Ford is working with 3M and GE to produce respirators and ventilators, and the UAW to make medical equipment, as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies
Ford is looking to repurpose components and could use its factories to produce the much-needed products.
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Guards union says prison needle exchange expansion on hold because of COVID-19 | Globalnews.ca
Corrections Canada has touted the program as a way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases by those who inject drugs and share needles in prison.
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UK Union Asks Freelancers To Write MPs Asking For Financial Support –
Bectu, the UK union of creative industry workers, is today asking all of the country’s freelancers to put urgent pressure on their government representatives requesting financial support during the……
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NSW teachers’ union to demand school closures if safety measures not met
Meanwhile, parents say they are confused and anxious about whether to send their children to school.
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Supermarkets to hire extra staff to deal with demand
Ireland’s leading supermarkets have launched a recruitment drive to cope with extra demand.
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Cooper Tire & Rubber : United Steelworkers Ratify New Labor Agreement at Cooper Tire Findlay | MarketScreener
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company confirmed today that members of United Steelworkers Local 207L in Findlay, Ohio have ratified a new four-year labor agreement, which covers approximately 800 USW…| March 21, 2020…
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Airbus to begin ‘partial’ production after coronavirus shutdown, unions say
Airbus will resume production on Monday at a slower than normal rate after halting French and Spanish plants for several days to adapt to coronavirus restrictions, unions said on Saturday.
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Ontario elementary teachers’ union, province reach tentative agreement | Globalnews.ca
“This has been a very prolonged and difficult bargaining process,” ETFO president Sam Hammond said in a statement. …
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Stater Bros. bumps workers’ hourly rate $2 for four weeks –
“The spirit of the Stater Bros. ‘family’ has always been to do the right thing, for the right reason,” said Stater Bros. CEO Pete Van Helden said in a statement.
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