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MTA, NY Police Meet over Increase in Attacks on Workers, Passengers
MTA, NY Police Meet over Increase in Attacks on Workers, Passengers

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – So far this year, at least 45 Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) workers and New York Police Department (NYPD) officials have been assaulted in New York city subways, and officials are […]
Bus Driver still Battling for Workers' Comp 3 Years after Explosion
Bus Driver still Battling for Workers' Comp 3 Years after Explosion

Durham, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – More than three years after a deadly natural gas explosion, a Durham, N.C., bus driver is still fighting to get workers’ compensation from injuries he received during the blast.   On April […]
Amazon Injuries Accounted for Half of all Warehouse Injuries in 2021, Study Says
Amazon Injuries Accounted for Half of all Warehouse Injuries in 2021, Study Says

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new study has found that injuries to Amazon workers accounted for almost half the injuries in the warehouse industry in 2021, even though the company only makes up a third […]
Delta to Reinstate Privileges to Mask Violators, Keep Ban on Violent Passengers
Delta to Reinstate Privileges to Mask Violators, Keep Ban on Violent Passengers

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Passengers who violated mask mandates on Delta Air Lines could see their flight privileges reinstated, the company said Wednesday.   The move comes as a federal judge struck down a Center for […]
Judge Overturns Mask Mandate on Planes; Biden Administration Says it will Appeal
Judge Overturns Mask Mandate on Planes; Biden Administration Says it will Appeal

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The administration of President Joe Biden said it will appeal a decision by a federal judge in Florida that struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) extension of […]
Transportation Worker Unions Call for More Protections, Banned Passenger List
Transportation Worker Unions Call for More Protections, Banned Passenger List

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Transportation workers’ unions are applauding changes in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that will provide them with more protections, but some would still like to see national banned […]
FAA Levies Largest Fine to Date, as Congressmen Push for End to Mask Mandates
FAA Levies Largest Fine to Date, as Congressmen Push for End to Mask Mandates

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Federal Aviation Administration levied its largest fines ever, nearly $160,000, against two women arrested as “unruly passengers” in 2021.  The proposed fines are just the latest in an estimated $2 […]
DeFazio, Payne Urge FRA to Minimize Worker Fatigue
DeFazio, Payne Urge FRA to Minimize Worker Fatigue

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Or., and Donald Payne, D-N.J., are urging the Federal Railroad Administration to finalize decades late final rule on fatigue risk management, citing the need to reduce railroad […]