Soros’s Open Society Returns More Focus to Fight Authoritarianism Around the Globe
Akos Stiller, Redux
George Soros’s philanthropy has grown from trying to open up societies under the grip of communism in Central Europe to a global force for social change. Here, health workers supported by Open Society provide Covid-19 tests to people in a Budapest homeless shelter.
Open Society Foundations, the sprawling $20 billion philanthropy of George Soros, will dedicate tens of millions of additional dollars to its international network of offices as part of a strategy shift designed to reinvigorate the organization’s response to spreading authoritarianism and threats to human-rights worldwide.
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.
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Death On The Job report: Years of progress, long way to go May 5, 2021 2:53 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg
Accidents, injury and deaths on the job are common in the construction industry. Photo credit: Capt. Mark Carr, U.S. Dept. of Labor via Creative Commons
WASHINGTON In the decades since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established, there’s been a lot of progress in cutting worker deaths and injuries on the job. However, there’s still a long way to go.