Bharath Premlal – ConnectiCOSH https://connecticosh.org Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:38:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How Mass Federal Firings Affect You https://connecticosh.org/how-mass-federal-firings-affect-you/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:38:24 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2031 https://www.afscme.org/blog/how-mass-federal-firings-affect-you

]]> Los Angeles Passes Mandatory Know Your Rights Training Legislation https://connecticosh.org/los-angeles-passes-mandatory-know-your-rights-training-legislation/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:33:41 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2028 https://x.com/CAFastFoodUnion/status/1897088729430290503

]]> Union membership rises in CT, hits new low nationally  https://connecticosh.org/union-membership-rises-in-ct-hits-new-low-nationally/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:44:09 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2019 https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/union-membership-rises-in-ct-hits-new-low-nationally

]]> CT union to rally against losing jobs. ‘These workers are not just statistics,’ rep says https://connecticosh.org/ct-union-to-rally-against-losing-jobs-these-workers-are-not-just-statistics-rep-says/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:42:38 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2016
CT union to rally against losing jobs. ‘These workers are not just statistics,’ rep says
]]> ‘Fighting Goliath’: Amazon workers to hold union election at North Carolina warehouse https://connecticosh.org/fighting-goliath-amazon-workers-to-hold-union-election-at-north-carolina-warehouse/ Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:05:10 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2013 warehouse

NLRB-sanctioned vote in February of 4,300 workers could produce only second unionized Amazon warehouse in US

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/amazon-union-election-north-carolina-warehouse?CMP=share_btn_url

]]> US Workers Are Paying High Taxes. But Without Any of the Benefits. https://connecticosh.org/us-workers-are-paying-high-taxes-but-without-any-of-the-benefits/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:08:11 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2009
13th November 1963: View of a long office with male and female employees sitting at their desks, working with stacks of papers at Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation at Canoga Park, California. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

https://jacobin.com/2019/04/labor-tax-rates-united-states-health-insurance

]]> The ‘Sit-Down Strike’ that brought General Motors to its knees: Three workers remember https://connecticosh.org/the-sit-down-strike-that-brought-general-motors-to-its-knees-three-workers-remember/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:04:19 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=2007
The ‘Sit-Down Strike’ that brought General Motors to its knees: Three workers remember
]]> SAG-AFTRA strike has been officially ordered https://connecticosh.org/sag-aftra-strike-has-been-officially-ordered/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:31:21 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=1462
]]> Amazon Union Dissidents, in Challenge to Leader, Move to Force Vote https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/business/economy/amazon-union-lawsuit-christian-smalls.html?unlocked_article_code=AxKhCJjxRWqfdpV-glPYuJFD_R0ngRxAkrEKg1y9NYzQQLTp5qFx4N4k5EqqBtC_2nAuzlwOopi1aiw3IJoRxfhljMVquEkAuYvfayQ1GJVnzblYz49MLoZyku-BKddx_FraFPezvXAnYzj7CRx6HjT2Yf6GICXqJRVme4BdptG8TqSwvPe6meXOq4_E03Qf-03UZuIsnpQLgAA-jq1RlS8f7fKEqiMFONc-EApjxlwG--w4FUE9hwVFR0tvxRvythmPnk55dN2sH6fmytYVNDVyVPR0u0wzKeAlnsY155MLWGnK_O52zFtsbGO5e2ZXJ5oOOq8pG8DRUDnBEI-sfiWm8VqB1z9vBCEXbEiHinZbpq5syYbN&smid=url-share Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:00:39 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=1458 Danbury Starbucks becomes third CT location to unionize https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/danbury-starbucks-becomes-third-ct-location-to-unionize/3062449/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:43:56 +0000 https://connecticosh.org/?p=1446 Following an 18-1 vote in favor of unionization, employees will organize under the Starbucks Workers United union.

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