A say in our own conditions : Duke University Press employees to vote on unionization dukechronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dukechronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
USA Today New York State Team ALBANY New York employers will have to improve workplace safety as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the NY HERO Act, or the New York Health and Essential Rights Act, into law last Wednesday, requiring state regulators to implement new minimum standards for workplace safety. The law looks to bolster protections against airborne illnesses as COVID exposed weaknesses in state law that may have helped fuel the virus’ spread through health-care facilities and other workplaces, advocates said. “Too many workers have already sacrificed their health for our community’s benefit. The New York HERO Act will honor their efforts by giving workers the tools to protect themselves while on the job,” said Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, D-Queens.
Wind Project Shows Democratic Tensions Over Energy nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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President Biden says slowing climate change will create jobs. Tension between unions and environmentalists shows it’s not so simple.
A wind-turbine assembly line in Saint-Nazaire, France. A plan for a wind-tower factory in upstate New York raised concerns about the lack of a domestic supply chain.Credit.Theophile Trossat for The New York Times
May 11, 2021
Patricia Fahy, a New York State legislator, celebrated when a new development project for the Port of Albany the country’s first assembly plant dedicated to building offshore wind towers was approved in January.