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Find Your Place in Space Space exploration impacts industries across the globe, including healthcare, agriculture, telecommunications and climate management. Astronauts may be the best-known space workers, but they hold few of…

Making ‘Worker Voice’ Work, at Home and Across the Globe! Members of a workers’ organization protesting in Myanmar. Photo credit: AHS (a pseudonym to protect the photographer)Last month, my colleagues from the Bureau of…

COBRA: Providing Stability in Uncertain Times COBRA (or the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) has been a lifeline for workers and their families facing the challenges of job loss, reduced working hours and…

Unlocking the Power of Prevention in the Fight Against Cancer Did you know that cancer is the second-leading cause of death in America? It's a sobering statistic, but there is a ray of hope; studies have shown that over…

Honoring the Legacy and Future of Black Birth Workers  As we reflect on the history of maternal healthcare in the United States, the enduring legacy of Black birth workers is a testament to resilience, advocacy, and empowerment…

Expanding Access to Supportive Services for Care to Build the Workforce We Need This April, the White House is commemorating Care Workers Recognition Month and the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing theExecutive…

A Roadmap for Responsible Business Conduct A farmworker in Sri Lanka. Photo credit: artiemedvedev Three years ago, a Dalit woman was murdered by her supervisor at a garment factory in India. Her co-workers did not wait for the…

5 Safe Machinery Practices for Miners Machines are an integral part of the mining process but there are many dangers of working with heavy machinery – being struck or run over, being crushed or entangled in any part of the…