by Judy Asman | Jul 1, 2020 | Articles
U.S. Senators are heading home for vacation. Meanwhile, every day over 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Covid-19, thousands are hospitalized and too many are dying. While the clarion call of Black Lives Matter is clear in the streets across the country, Senators...
by Judy Asman | Jul 1, 2020 | Articles
This is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the January/February 2020 edition of American Postal Worker magazine. We need to start preparing to rise up with people power. That includes all our members, family, friends, neighbors, community organizations,...
by Judy Asman | Jul 1, 2020 | Articles
An article in The Guardian blows the whistle on the little-recognized threat of climate change to workers. In 2018, 60 workers died due to temperature extremes, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data on workplace fatalities. According...
by Judy Asman | Jul 1, 2020 | Articles
Workers who see the recent gyrations and crashes in coal, oil, and gas stocks may wonder what it all means for their pension funds. Many major cities around the world, including London, New York City, Auckland, Berlin, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Oslo and Stockholm have...
by Judy Asman | Jul 1, 2020 | Articles
An LNS organizational member, Railroad Workers United, held a Steering Committee meeting in June, where members adopted a Resolution on Essential Workers. These workers, which include railroad workers, are deemed “essential,” meaning society cannot...
