The first shipment of COVID vaccines arriving at the UW Medical Center in Seattle on December 14, 2020. Credit: Courtesy of UW Medicine
Teachers, grocery workers, prison guards, and oldest Americans may be next in line for Covid vaccine Dec 22, 2020
The initial deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines to Oregon, Washington state and Idaho are spoken for â at least well into next month. High-risk health care workers, EMT/paramedics and nursing homes have top priority to get the vaccine jab. But then who?
Outgoing Washington Secretary of Health John Wiesman said many, many industry groups sent him emails to make their case. Likewise, the Oregon Health Authority reported getting lots of entreaties from industry, labor unions, interest groups and other entities.
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A health care worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the University Of Washington Medical Center on December 15, 2020 in Seattle. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
SEATTLE Washington appears to be in a better position than it has been in recent months, between the first round of coronavirus vaccinations and recent trends that suggest the state is making progress in flattening the curve of the latest, record-breaking surge of new COVID-19 infections.
While it appears the state could be turning the situation around, health officials warn that daily case counts remain high, and that residents must continue to follow safety guidelines through the coming weeks to begin reducing the number of infections.
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December 18, 2020 6:23 PM Shelby Schumacher
YAKIMA, Wash. Washington farm workers recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government in an effort to make sure that they still recieve fair wages.
According to a recent press release from Columbia Legal Services farm worker Ramon Torres Hernandez and his union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, filed a lawsuit on Dec. 17 against the U.S. Department of Labor relating to changes that will drastically lower harvesting wages for workers.
Columbia Legal Services says the DOL is wanting to implement an “hourly wage guarantee” which would make hiring cheaper for growers. It would also encourage them to hire foreign workers on H-2A visas, because of the decrease in cost.
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