WASHINGTON — Two Democratic U.S. senators announced last Thursday they plan to introduce a piece of legislation that would require large companies to disclose quota practices to workers and prevent those quotas from interfering with a worker’s health. “The Warehouse Worker Protection Act would put an end to the most dangerous quotas that plague warehouses,” […] The post U.S. Senate Dems Smith, Markey to push warehouse worker safety bill appeared first on Ohio Capital Journal.
WASHINGTON — Two Democratic U.S. senators announced Thursday they plan to introduce a piece of legislation that would require large companies to disclose quota practices to workers and prevent those quotas from interfering with a worker’s health. “The Warehouse Worker Protection Act would put an end to the most dangerous quotas that plague warehouses,” Democratic […] The post U.S. Senate Dems Smith, Markey to push warehouse worker safety bill appeared first on Colorado Newsline.
More than 7 million gallons of manure have been improperly kept at a former southern Iowa hog confinement for nearly 10 years, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. In a recent order, the DNR directed the owners of the Albia facility to dispose of the manure by the end of the year or […] The post Former swine site owners ordered to get rid of 7 million gallons of manure appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.
WASHINGTON — Two Democratic U.S. senators announced Thursday they plan to introduce a piece of legislation that would require large companies to disclose quota practices to workers and prevent those quotas from interfering with a worker’s health. “The Warehouse Worker Protection Act would put an end to the most dangerous quotas that plague warehouses,” Democratic […] The post U.S. Senate Dems Smith, Markey to push warehouse worker safety bill appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.
What Nicole Mitchell did is bizarre, tragic and unlawful, if the police narrative of her breaking into her stepmother's home prevails. The state senator's apparent failed heist of her father's ashes and other belongings likely spells the end of her political career. But the emotions behind it? I understand them. Trauma after losing a loved one can make a person act out of character, if not out ...
Congressional Democrats are strategizing over legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, the 19th century anti-vice law that’s being eyed by conservative activists to potentially enact a national abortion ban. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said in a New York Times op-ed Tuesday that she wants to introduce a bill “to take away the Comstock Act as…