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Workers who quit rather than risk COVID on job still hope to collect unemployment
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Jonathan Burlingame had seen enough in mid-July.
The machines at the factory he worked at in South Boston were not wiped down enough, he said. Gloves and masks were in short supply, except for the workers who, like himself, took it upon themselves to bring their own. And he heard that some workers were testing positive, even though management hadn’t said a word.
With his parents moving in with him in a matter of weeks his father, 75, a two-time cancer survivor and mother, 71, both fleeing rising coronavirus cases in Florida Burlingame quit, deciding that he couldn’t continue to go into a workplace he no longer believed was safe. Burlingame’s employer did not respond to a request for comment.
Many workers have been forced into choosing between their health and their paychecks. The Biden administration seeks to change that. But experts say it will be complicated.
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A coalition of racial justice organizations and community advocates are calling on state leaders to take urgent action to control the spread of the coronavirus within Iowa s jails and prisons.
A coalition of racial justice organizations and community advocates are calling on Iowa officials to take aggressive and proactive steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus within the state’s jails and prisons. The groups are sending a letter to state officials including Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Department of Corrections and the Board of Parole, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling for urgent action in the often overcrowded facilities, where staff have struggled to control explosive outbreaks.
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St. Leo U. moves forward with disbanding union amid faculty, Catholic pushback
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Pasco County’s Catholic St. Leo University is moving full-speed ahead with plans to replace its 44-year-old faculty union and senate with a new “shared governance system.”
Faculty members, state unions and even Catholic organizations are asking the school to pull back before it’s too late.
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Valerie Wright has been president of the United Faculty of Florida-Saint Leo Chapter for three years. She might also be the organization’s last. Wright said UFF is giving the Board of Trustees time to reverse its decision, but isn’t hopeful.