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This #LaborDay, we're thinking about:

1/ The home health aides and nursing assistants who look after our most vulnerable but are paid no more than the minimum wage.

They deserve better. @etammykim @nytimes @RBReich
nytimes.com/2020/06/30/opi…
2/ The sex workers who are struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic, especially in Puerto Rico.

They deserve rights like everyone else. @thenation @AriMejorado @LaSombrillaCuir @swopusa #LaborDay2020
thenation.com/article/econom…
3/ The hundreds of sick workers who are fighting for their lives after cleaning up the 2008 Kingston coal ash spill — America's largest industrial disaster.

They deserve justice. @southerlymag @AustynGaffney @morganhornsby_ @jamiescoop #LaborDay2020
southerlymag.org/2020/08/17/the…
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If you're enjoying your long weekend, remember that you have a weekend break from work because of the labor movement. /1
On this Labor Day, let's remember that we have the 8 hr work day and a 40 hr work week because of the labor movement. #LaborDay2020 /2
On this Labor Day, when you take cute photos of your kids, let's also remember that we have child labor laws because of the labor movement. #LaborDay2020 /3
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Two facts come to mind when I reflect on #LaborDay2020. 1st, I can't help but think abt the Imperial Foods workplace tragedy that befell friends & neighbors in my @CityofHamlet hometown in 1991. (1/6) #ncpol @RaleighReporter @jimmorrill @NCCapitol @PFFPNC
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In Sept 2016, as NC Insurance Commissioner & State Fire Marshal I was the keynote speaker at Hamlet's 25th anniversary memorial service. AUDIO file of my remarks HERE >> drive.google.com/file/d/1ikb5u0…
Pls take a few minutes to listen. (2/6) #ncpol @TravisFain @BarnettNed @saintorange
2nd, also wearing my Insurance Commissioner hat, I reflect upon what #LaborDay is about & all the rights + benefits for most workers that were gained only by the blood, sweat, tears, and even lives of workers past. (3/6)
#ncpol @NCStateAFLCIO @NCDemParty #Workers #WorkersRights
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#LaborDay2020: @DemocraticAGs Are Helping Workers in Hard Times

“Trump’s admin is AWOL in the fight for worker safety, but a growing number of state attorneys general are focusing on worker rights and protections”

@Harvard’s @TerriGerstein | @TheProspect
prospect.org/labor/state-at…
Full report by @TerriGerstein via @EconomicPolicy👇🏻

“Within the past five years, six of these AG offices: [DC, IL, MI, MN, NJ, & PA] have created dedicated units devoted to labor issues”

They joined CA, MA, and NY, which already had such units.
epi.org/publication/st…
“There’s a lot of bad news these days. But when good things happen, it’s important to take note. A cadre of smart state leaders and lawyers newly focused on workers’ rights can only make things better for workers nationwide.” — @TerriGerstein
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Check out new research brief on my forthcoming @ILRReview paper.

Workplace health & safety is the central economic issue of our nation today. Promoting workplace safety makes economic activity sustainable & unionization helps with that. #LaborDay2020

theconversation.com/unionized-work…
Here's the working paper version @iza_bonn. Peer-reviewed final version will be out @ILRReview soon.
iza.org/publications/d…
My study with Jooyoung Yang shows unionization lifts worker reporting of health & safety issues @OSHA_DOL, causing a rise in complaint-driven inspections & more violations found, cited, & penalized.

Prior work @mslater_johnson shows inspections => safety
sciencemag.org/news/2012/05/i…
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