Arkansas

Arkansas Times: Union complains state employers lack COVID-19 safety plans, PPE

Arkansas / By

From the Arkansas Times Leslie Newell Peacock | September 17, 2020 Union workers at the Jefferson County Department of Human Services, the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center, the Arkadelphia Human Development Center and the state Agriculture Department have complained to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that their requests for agencies’ OSHA-guided safety plans have gone unanswered …

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Non-Profit Hospitals Accountability Project

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After extensive research into nonprofit hospitals in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, the Nonprofit Accountability Project has released our findings and recommendations in a paper, “Charity for Whom?“ On September 24, we went to hospitals in New Orleans (Ochsner), Little Rock (St. Vincent), and Houston (Methodist) to call attention to the lack of charity care given …

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Standing Up for Workers

Arkansas / By

Member of Local 100 and other Community Groups urging Arkansas state senators Cotton and Bozeman to end the government shutdown and reopen the government so workers can take care of their families.