Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began. January 3, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan, A. Ananthalakshmi and Ahmed Farhatha SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets...
Apple Puts India iPhone Supplier, Foxconn, on Probation for Labor Violations December 29, 2021 By Debby Wu and Ganesh Nagarajan Apple Inc. put Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed...
Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose December 27, 2021 During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to...
Vaccinated California Employees Face Workplace Restrictions December 20, 2021 By Don Thompson In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California’s workplace regulators extended the state’s coronavirus pandemic...
Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide. November 16, 2021 New York-based safety technology firm Kinetic has formed an underwriting partnership with Nationwide’s E&S/Specialty division. Acting as program manager, Kinetic...
Pork Plants Allowed to Operate Faster in Trial Program November 12, 2021 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that nine pork plants can apply to operate faster processing-line speeds under...
Canada Employers Shed Unvaccinated Workers With Legal Challenges Expected November 4, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA – Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get COVID-19 shots,...
Senate Confirms Parker as OSHA Chief October 28, 2021 The U.S. Senate has approved Douglas Parker, former California workplace safety chief, as assistant secretary of labor at the Labor...
‘Rust’ Film Crew Protested Conditions Before Fatal Movie Set Shooting by Baldwin October 24, 2021 By Michelle L. Price, Cedar Attanasio and Morgan Lee SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set with a gun...
On Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Movie Set and Others, Union Guidance Is Key to Gun Safety October 24, 2021 By Geoff Mulvihill, Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Susan Montoya Bryan Safety standards developed by film studios and labor unions are the primary protection for actors and film crews when a...