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![Advocates, legislators and pregnant workers rally on Capitol Hill in support of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act on December 1, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1446095459-400x300.jpg)
New Law Aims to Protect Pregnant Workers, But Our Safety Knowledge Falls Short
Experts say not enough is known about which work circumstances and chemical exposures are dangerous for pregnant people.
![A UPS delivery truck drives through in intersection on June 12, 2023, in San Francisco, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0629-ups-400x300.jpg)
Teamsters Warn a Nationwide UPS Strike Is “Imminent”
"The largest single-employer strike in American history now appears inevitable," said the union’s general president.
![People dressed in red display signs supporting nurses during an outdoor strike](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/53006079991_1b3dd9546e_o-400x300.jpg)
Nurses in Texas and Kansas Make History With a Massive Strike
Safe staffing levels have been a key bone of contention between the striking nurses and Ascension management.
![A worker rings up customers at the Plant Masters booth at the Columbia Heights FRESHFARM farmers market in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C., on May 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0627-farmers-market-400x300.jpg)
In Historic First, Workers Unionize at 2 Major Farmers’ Market Nonprofits
Despite providing essential services, wages and benefits for these workers lag far behind those of other city workers.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a news conference with labor leaders to make an announcement on the federal minimum wage, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0620-bernie-400x300.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Opens Probe Into Amazon’s “Abysmal” Safety Record
“At every turn,” Sanders said, “Amazon makes decisions that actively harm workers in the name of its bottom line.”
![Workers construct an overpass as part of the Irving Interchange infrastructure project near the site of the former Dallas Cowboys Stadium on August 10, 2022, in Irving, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0620-construction-400x300.jpg)
Abbott Signs Bill Axing Construction Workers’ Water Breaks Amid Record Heat
Texas is already the worst state in the country for work-related heat deaths.
![The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington D.C. on May 3, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0615-capitol-400x300.jpg)
In First, House Education and Workforce Committee Staff File to Unionize
The union also unveiled several offices that have recently won union elections, including Ocasio-Cortez’s office.
![A nurse intubates a patient](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0612-nurse-hospital-400x300.jpg)
The FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban Still Lets Companies Trap Workers in Bad Jobs
Companies can still use training repayment agreements to financially trap workers into paying for on-the-job training.
![Worker Melissa Navarrete Urena stows goods into a movable pallet at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on August 31, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1235434477-400x300.jpg)
Migrant Workers in Minnesota Win Landmark Safety Protections
The Warehouse Worker Protection Act ensures that Amazon cannot disregard workers’ safety and livelihoods.
![Left: An electric car is manufactured in a factory in Bursa, Turkey. Right: Nickel, a critical component used in electric vehicle batteries, is mined in in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0608-ev-400x300.jpg)
Fights for Climate, Labor and Indigenous Rights Converge at Auto Supply Chains
The electric vehicle supply chains are neither green nor just -- but they are crucial organizing spaces, activists say.