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Contract talks between the Kellogg Co. and its 1,400 striking cereal plant workers are set to resume next week. The strike includes four plants in Battle Creek; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee.

By Josh Funk/The Associated Press

October 7, 2021 | 5:21 AM

Fed up by pandemic, US food workers launch rare strikes

But after a difficult 18 months, which saw many workers putting in 12-hour shifts and mandatory overtime to meet pandemic demand, employees are in no mood to compromise.

By Dee-Ann Durbin and Grant Schulte/The Associated Press

March 18, 2021 | 7:38 AM

Essential, unemployed, overstretched: How the COVID economy crashed on women

As the coronavirus pandemic turns one, researchers have found women have lost decades of economic progress, but some have also found a new voice in advocating for better family and work policies.

By Laura Benshoff/Keystone Crossroads

March 9, 2021 | 7:29 AM

‘We’re fighting for a public health safety issue’: Pa. nurses unions went toe-to-toe with management on hospital staffing ratios

Studies show that, for nurses, adequate staffing grids can reduce burnout. For patients, proper nurse staffing is associated with better health outcomes. Poor staffing ratios are correlated with a higher occurrence of infection in hospitals.

By Kenny Cooper/WHYY

March 3, 2021 | 8:01 AM

Essential workers are 55% more likely to get COVID-19, study of Philly-area residents finds

In Pennsylvania, jobs considered essential include those in health care, public transit, agriculture, and food processing.

By Miles Bryan/WHYY

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