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August:
- Federal workers will have taxes deferred under Trump’s order, sparking outcry they’re being treated as a ‘guinea pig’ – Washington Post
- Trump aiming for late-September launch of payroll tax deferral for federal employees – Federal News Network
- Death on the job: Workers have never been more expendable than they are now – Salon
- Union official: Marshals to bring untested, unquarantined inmates to Hazelton – Preston County News & Journal
- Immigration services cancels plans to furlough two-thirds of workforce amid COVID-19 – USA Today
- US citizenship agency drops plan to furlough 70% of workers – Associated Press
- Picked up by The Washington Post, Lahaina News, KTLA,
- U.S. Immigration Agency Cancels Planned Furloughs – Wall Street Journal
- USCIS cancels impending employee furloughs days ahead of deadline – Federal News Network
- Nebraska immigration workers avoid furloughs that were planned to begin this month – Omaha World-Herald
- USCIS cancels furloughs for more than 13,000 employees – Roll Call
- Picked up by Walla-Walla Union Bulletin,
- USCIS averts furloughs, says it will change scope of contracts – St. Albans Messenger
- USCIS Furloughs Set for End of August Averted, Agency Says – Bloomberg Law
- Safety concerns persist with return to work: Surveys – Canadian HR Reporter
- Survey: Most Feds Who Have Been Working From Home During the Pandemic Are Afraid to Return to Their Offices – Government Executive
- Most US federal staff don’t feel safe from COVID at work, survey finds – Global Government Forum
- Survey: Most Feds Who Have Been Working From Home During the Pandemic Are Afraid to Return to Their Offices – Focus Technica
- Take 5 – HR Business Review
- Vote on Postal Bill to Be Last Action in Congress for Weeks; USCIS Furloughs Postponed – Fed Week
- [AUDIO] Congress gets another chance to grill USPS head – Federal News Network
- [AUDIO] SSA reposturing plan – WTOP
- AFGE statement on capacity of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots – Highland Community News
- Metro ridership increases as agency begins restoring service to pre-pandemic levels – Washington Post
- Nearly 80 percent of federal employees think it's unsafe to return to work: survey – Fox News
- [AUDIO] AFGE members say they don’t feel safe returning to the office – Federal News Radio
- Nearly 80 percent of federal employees think it's unsafe to return to work: survey – WCIS Columbus Ind.
- Nearly 80 percent of federal employees think it's unsafe to return to work: survey – Politics 406 Montana
- Nearly 80% of feds feel unsafe returning to the workplace – Federal Soup
- Quick Hits – FCW
- [AUDIO] Majority of AFGE members not ready to return to worksites – WTOP
- AFGE Survey: Most Feds Feel Unsafe, Unprepared Returning to Workplace – MeriTalk
- AFGE Survey: Federal Workers Feel Unsafe, Lack Resources to Protect Themselves During Coronavirus Pandemic – Homeland Security Today
- [VIDEO] Push continues to approve $25 billion emergency funding for USPS – KESQ Palm Springs
- [VIDEO] Congressman Raul Ruiz supports $25 billion funding package for U.S. Postal Service – KESQ Palm Springs
- FLASHBACK: The Obama-Biden Administration Removed Thousands of USPS Collection Boxes – PJ Media
- [VIDEO] Battle over mail-in voting escalates – KESQ Palm Springs
- Dismantled equipment behind Cleveland Post Office raises delivery questions – Cleveland.com
- Furloughs loom for 13,400 federal immigration employees – Roll Call
- Union leader battles to avoid USCIS furloughs – The Milton Independent
- Picked up by The Essex Reporter,
- Sabotage of Legal Immigration Further Burdens U.S. Companies – Triple Pundit
- USCIS furloughs of 13,000 now likely as bailout funds stall – Work Permit
- Shhhh, we’re not talking about a government shutdown, are we? – Federal News Network
- [AUDIO] USCIS employees may still face furloughs – Federal News Network
- Trump’s Back to School COVID Bullying Echoes EPA 9/11 Happy Talk – Insider NJ
- 'Who is going to man the prison if everyone tests positive?' Corrections officer union warns of dual threat facing federal prisons – ABC News
- Picked up by KPQ,
- Confirmed COVID-19 cases reported at USP Thomson – KWQC
- COVID-19 outbreak reported at work camp at federal prison complex near Petersburg – Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Picked up by Ricmond.com,
- [VIDEO] Families concerned about coronavirus outbreak at federal prison near Petersburg – WWBT Petersburg Va.
- [VIDEO] Concerns loom following COVID-19 outbreak at prison camp in Petersburg – WRIC
- [VIDEO] Concerns loom following COVID-19 outbreak among dozens of inmates at Virginia prison camp – WFXR
- SSA will continue telework, appointment-only services for ‘extended time’ – Federal News Network
- Unclear how many SSA employees are gradually returning to their offices, union says – Federal News Network
- Union: Social Security Is Withholding Information and Refusing to Bargain as Some Employees Return to Offices – Government Executive
- [AUDIO] AFGE in the dark over SSA reopening plans – WTOP
- Endless Labor-Management Disputes At SSA – Social Security News
- Stalled stimulus talks could mean thousands of furloughs and halt US immigration system – CNN
- U.S. Immigration Shutdown Imminent As Congress Talks Collapse – Forbes
- [VIDEO] Immigration Agency Still Awaiting Funding – KHLN
- 19 days: Experts warn USCIS furloughs at end of the month will effectively halt the U.S. legal immigration system – Red Lake Nation News
- Quick Hits: USCIS Furloughs – FCW
- As Bureau of Prisons Enters “Phase 9” Of COVID-19 Plan, BOP Staff Wonder If There Is A Real Plan – Forbes
- Bureau of Prisons spends nearly $3 million on UV sanitizing gates, contracts show – ABC News
- Picked up by Connect Radio,
- [VIDEO] Pollock F.C.I. union rep writes letter to Attorney General Barr about COVID-19 positive inmates being transferred into prison – KALB
- Khanna pushes $5 billion bill to provide free masks as Biden seeks mandate – San José Spotlight
- Bill Offered to Keep Telework at Current Rates through Pandemic – FedWeek
- Oregon lawmakers, Bend mayor, others press Senate for new relief package – KTVZ
- Van Hollen, Lankford, Sinema Announce Bipartisan Legislation Requiring Federal Agencies To Maximize Telework – VanHollen.senate.gov
- Senate Bill Would Permit Remote Work for All Eligible Federal Employees through the Pandemic – Next Gov
- Government Workers Risk Their Lives, Receive No Compensation – Governing
- Rate of firearms found in flight carry-ons has tripled amid pandemic – Los Angeles Times
- Picked up by Miami Herald,
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: South Carolina’s Labor Movement Comes Together to Provide Food Relief to Families in Need – AFL-CIO
- EPA expands reopening for D.C. employees this week, but unions say moves are ‘reckless’ – Federal News Network
- EPA transition back to the office alarms employees – The Hill
- EPA Unions Say Agency’s Own Data Doesn’t Support Reopening Plan – Bloomberg Environment
- Some metrics in the red as EPA pushes to reopen – E&E News
- [AUDIO] Unions opposed to EPA reopening – WTOP
- EPA HQ, Boston office move forward on reopening – E&E News
- EPA unions oppose move to ‘Phase 2’ reopening during pandemic – Inside EPA
- Anxiety, anger as State Dept. moves ahead with reopening despite area infection rate – ABC News
- Picked up by Yahoo News, MSN News, MSN Canada,
- [VIDEIO] As coronavirus spreads through nation's jails and prisons, lawmakers demand more transparency on toll – ABC News
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Spent $3M on Unproven UV Coronavirus Sanitizing Portals – Government Executive
- Eight more inmates, one staffer at Lewisburg penitentiary test positive for COVID-19 – Pen Live
- COVID-19 outbreak at Lewisburg penitentiary limited to one housing unit: union official – Penn Live UPDATE Federal Bureau of Prisons reports 35 inmates tested positive for virus at USP Lewisburg – The Daily Item
- Lewisburg prison union president cites staffing concerns – The Standard-Journal (subscription; LP Kline)
- 'We're Risking Our Lives': Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay – NPR (LP Troitino, attorney Burakiewicz)
- Picked up by KPBS, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC, WLRH,
- [VIDEO] VA Insiders Concerned About COVID-19 Say It's Hard to Take Leave – NBC4 Washington
- Veterans Administration Employees Protest Workplace Safety Issues – Patch Tampa
- Union wants vulnerable TSA officers to be kept home as coronavirus cases among employees surge – Washington Post
- Picked up by The Seattle Times,
- Meat Inspectors Union: USDA Enables Processors in Endangering Workers – The Chief-Leader
- USCIS fee increase kicks in Oct. 2 – Saint Albans Messenger
- New bill would ensure PPE and create taskforce for workplace safety for Federal workers – Security Magazine
- Democratic Senators Intro Bill to Ensure PPE, Workplace Safety for Feds – MeriTalk
- [VIDEO] Labor Live at 5 with AFGE – Texas AFL-CIO
July:
- USCIS Pleads for Money to Avoid Furloughs, Democrats Float Making the Funds Contingent on Policy Changes – Government Executive
- With furloughs looming, union pleads for deal on USCIS funding – FCW
- Picked up by Fed Soup,
- [AUDIO] Union says need to avoid USCIS furloughs is urgent – WTOP
- [AUDIO] Planned furloughs of USCIS workers delayed – Arizona Public Media
- Vermont city hit hard by news of immigration furloughs – Associated Press
- Picked up by Burlington Free Press, Border Report,
- Join AFGE in urging Congress to fund USCIS, avoid furloughs – The Stand
- [SPANISH] ¿Qué pasará con trámites migratorios ante problemas financieros de USCIS? – El Diario
- [SPANISH] Recientes de DACA se han convertido en "piñata política" – Impacto Latino
- Picked up by La Conexión USA
- [SPANISH] DACA no puede convertirse en "piñata política" – El Pregonero
- With improved financial outlook, USCIS buys more time to avoid employee furloughs – Federal News Network
- U.S. Immigration Agency Delays Planned Furloughs – Wall Street Journal
- Picked up by Morning Star
- USCIS Furloughs Get Postponed Until Aug. 31 – Homeland Security Today
- USCIS postpones plans to furlough 13,400 employees, for now – Roll Call
- Picked up by the Garden City Telegram
- US visa USCIS staff furloughs postponed to end of August 2020 – Work Permit
- USCIS Delays Planned Furlough of More than 13,000 Employees To August 31, 2020 – The Mobile Workforce
- Feds' Chances For a Bigger 2021 Pay Raise Wane, and a Renewed Push for Coronavirus Hazard Pay – Government Executive
- AFGE expands COVID hazard pay suit – Federal Soup
- [AUDIO] Law firm says feds may be entitled to compensation for COVID exposure – Federal News Network
- Quick Hits – FCW
- Schatz Introduces New Bill To Protect Health And Safety Of Federal Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic, Ensure Federal Workers Have A Voice In Creating Emergency Response Policies – Schatz.senate.gov
- RELEASE: Sen. Sanders, Rep. Khanna Introduce Masks For All Act To Curb Deadly Coronavirus Surge – Public Now
- Sanders leads 14 senators in introducing Masks for All Act to curb deadly coronavirus surge – VT Digger
- Sanders Leads 14 Senators in Introducing Masks for All Act to Curb Deadly Coronavirus Surge – Common Dreams
- Baldwin, Colleagues Introduce Masks For All Act To Curb Deadly Coronavirus Surge – Baldwin.Senate.gov
- Booker Introduces Bill to Boost Safety and Protect Meatpacking Workers From COVID-19 – Insider NJ
- Vegan Senator Cory Booker’s New Bill Aims To Slow Slaughter Speed To Protect Animals, Workers – Veg News
- Report: 2,866 COVID claims, 48 deaths among federal workers – Associated Press (staffer Mansour)
- Picked up by The New York Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, WHDH Boston, The Yeshiva World, Claims Journal, WAGA Atlanta,
- Lawmakers weigh increased telework as some agencies push federal workers back to the office – The Hill
- The EPA’s culture was already toxic. Now, they’re putting employees at risk for COVID for no reason – Salon
- Picked up by Government Executive
- Schakowsky and García Lead IL Delegation Letter Calling on EPA to Protect Employees – Schakowsky.house.gov
- Homeland Security Agency Delays Widespread Furloughs – Government Executive
- Welch vows to fight USCIS furloughs – St. Albans Messenger
- [VIDEO] USCIS to possibly furlough thousands of employees – WPTZ
- [VIDEO] Hundreds of Nebraska USCIS workers could be furloughed – KOLN
- Potential USCIS Furloughs Will Make Immigration Come to a Grinding Halt – Documented NY
- Vermont delegation urges USCIS to use $121M surplus to avert furloughs – VT Digger
- Furloughs for 13,000 Immigration Services Workers Due Aug. 3 – The Chief-Leader
- [VIDEO] FOX61 Exclusive: Thousands of federal employees to be furloughed; Immigration into US to slow to a halt – WTIC Hartford Conn.
- [VIDEO] DHS proceeding with CIS furloughs – WTIC Hartford Conn.
- Lawmakers ask DHS leaders to postpone USCIS furloughs – FCW
- If Congress Doesn’t Act, Furloughs Will Hit Federal Immigration Offices In Denver And Elsewhere – Colorado Public Radio
- [VIDEO] Thousands of federal employees face furloughs due to pandemic impact on budget – KMBC Kansas City
- Federal employees facing furlough – Ingram’s
- Dems Say No To USCIS Furloughs, Finding Budget Surplus – Law 360
- Workers at DOL, Other Agencies Join Covid-19 Hazard Pay Lawsuit – Bloomberg Law
- Military, ICE, And DHS Employees Sue White House Over Exposure To Covid-19 – Forbes
- Will feds receive hazard pay during COVID-19? – Federal Times
- [AUDIO] AFGE renews legal effort to secure hazard pay for frontline feds – Federal News Network
- CBP, ICE employees now plaintiffs in hazard pay lawsuit – The Monitor
- [AUDIO] Additional workers added to hazard pay lawsuit – KJZZ Phoenix
- CBP, ICE and TSA employees join class-action lawsuit against Trump administration for coronavirus hazard pay – Washington Post
- ICE, CBP, TSA employees join lawsuit seeking hazard pay for work during pandemic – UPI
- Lawsuit Seeking Hazard Pay for Federal Employees Over Coronavirus Gets New Plaintiffs – FedSmith
- EPA reopening
- Telework will stay for some, as EPA preps social distancing plans for phase three reopening – Federal News Radio
- EPA Council questions agency reopening plans – Government Executive
- HQ guard tests positive; reopening fight intensifies – E&E News
- Federal Workers in D.C. Area Leery Of Returning to Agency Offices – The Chief-Leader
- They Warned OSHA They Were in “Imminent Danger” at the Meat Plant. Now They’re Suing the Agency. – ProPublica
- Picked up by Government Executive
- [VIDEO] Nearly 250 inmates and staff test positive at Sumter Co. federal prison – Fox 35 Orlando
- [VIDEO] Prison Union Leader Says COVID-19 Outbreak at Coleman Worse Than You Think – Spectrum 13 Orlando
- Picked up by Bay News 9
- Over 2,500 South L.A. Families were Provided Groceries at Community Food Bank Drive-Through – Los Angeles Sentinel
- Union officials warn of 'dire' situations at South Florida federal prisons – ABC News
- Federal immigration processors in Cleveland to be furloughed unless Congress acts – Cleveland.com
- EPA Further Softens Return-to-Work Plans With More Telecommuting – Bloomberg Law
- Legislators seek to end New Swine Slaughter Inspection System – National Hog Farmer
- [AUDIO] AFGE representative talks government operations during a global pandemic – America’s Workforce Radio
- Senate Democrat Asks Agencies for Their Reopening Plans – Government Executive
- [AUDIO] USCIS Furloughs Imminent – Federal News Network
- With deadline looming, USCIS employees brace for furloughs – Federal News Network
- Nearly 14,000 feds face looming pandemic furloughs – Federal Times
- House Appropriators pass DHS funding bill – FCW
- USCIS Union Blames $1.2B Funding Woes On Trump Admin. – Law 360
- [AUDIO] Federal Immigration Agency, TSA Face Budget Shortfalls During Pandemic – NPR
- [VIDEO] VERIFY: Are federal employees eligible for hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic? – WUSA
- As TSA workers face COVID risks, union calls for full workplace rights – Federal Soup
- Congress’s Inaction May Halt Immigration – Wall Street Journal
- Virus Taking Toll on Frontline Federal Employees, Increasing Opposition to Recalls – Fed Week
- SSA remains quiet on reopening after 4 months of employee telework – Federal News Network
- [AUDIO] SSA employees teleworking during pandemic – WTOP
- [VIDEO] ‘Like Our Safety Doesn’t Matter’: VA High-Risk Employees Say They Aren’t Safe Amid Pandemic – CBS 4 Denver
- Surge in Coronavirus Cases Raises New Questions About Agencies' Office Reopenings – Government Executive
- [VIDEO] Looking ahead for the week of 7/12/20 – WCAX
- EPA Recalls Wipes It Distributed, But Never Approved for Virus – Bloomberg Law
- Visa Processing Delays Likely As USCIS Faces Major Furloughs, Unless Congress Provides $1.2 Billion in Emergency Funding – Lexology
- [VIDEO] EPA AFGE Coronavirus Press Conference – YouTube
- Federal workers are returning to the office. Some members of Congress say they shouldn’t be. – Washington Post
- As Coronavirus Cases Rise, the Federal Work Force Heads Back to the Office – The New York Times
- Picked up by Chicago Tribune,
- Reopening Agency Offices Too Soon Would Endanger Federal Workers, Say U.S. Senators – DCist
- A grim July: U.S. sees 250,000 new coronavirus cases in just five days – NBC News
- Report: As coronavirus surges, many federal workers authorized to return to offices – USA Today
- Half of Florida's 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded just in the last two weeks. – WRCB
- More than 1,000 TSA employees have tested positive for coronavirus – Washington Post
- The T.S.A. reveals that more than 1,000 of its workers have been infected. – The New York Times
- Immigration Officers Face Furloughs as Visa Applications Plunge – The New York Times
- Picked up by Deccan Herald, Knowledia,
- Standoff over emergency funding leaves 13,400 immigration workers facing furlough – CBS News
- Citizenship and Immigration Services Bracing for Workforce Reduction – Newsmax
- $1 billion shortfall, furloughs could bring US immigration system to a halt – CNN
- Picked up by KTVZ, NBC Palm Springs,
- As Asylum Claims Plummet, It May Actually Cost Immigration Officials Their Jobs – Newsmax
- Nebraska immigration workers — about 1,100 — expect to be furloughed – Omaha World-Herald
- Memphis Immigration Court set to reopen July 20, but fear, uncertainty remain – Commercial Appeal
- EPA Workers Prepare for Return-to-Work Talks Amid Deep Concerns – Bloomberg Law
- [AUDIO] AFGE, EPA to bargain over return to work plans – WTOP
- With majority of EPA offices starting to reopen, union prepares to bargain over reentry plans – Federal News Network
- EPA Watchdog To Review the Agency’s Reopening Process – Government Executive
- [AUDIO] EPA workers concerned over return to offices – WTOP
- EPA inspector general takes close look at reopening plans – Federal News Network
- NTEU Chapter 280 Agrees With AFGE On Lack Of Reopening Transparency – National Treasury Employees Union
- EPA Union Says Agency Has Quietly Changed Reopening Criteria – Bloomberg Law
- COVID-19 Infections and Death at Livermore VA – The Independent
- VA Significantly Boosts Hiring as COVID-19 Cases Among Employees and Veterans Spike – Government Executive
- Streamlining, Use of Flexibilities Cited in VA Hiring Surge – Fed Week
- Coronavirus outbreak at Elkton prison is waning, says U.S. Sen. Rob Portman – Cleveland.com
- Fort Worth women's prison faces coronavirus outbreak; 12th inmate dies at men's prison – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Watchdog Will Evaluate How EPA Reopening Offices Amid Pandemic – Bloomberg Law
- Amid COVID-19, Trump administration keeps immigration courts open, putting judges, lawyers and immigrants at risk – USA Today
- [VIDEO] Leahy: 1,111 set for furlough at Vermont immigration center – WCAX
June:
- [VIDEO] Silent protest outside Wilmington, Del., VA hospital – WTXF
- Still in short supply, N95 masks used over and over – Star-Tribune
- Picked up by MSN, Concord Monitor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
- N95 shortage has Minnesota health care workers reusing these protective respirators: It’s 'disgusting’ – Fox News
- Anticipated USCIS furloughs this summer would likely extend ‘waiting game’ for locals trying to obtain U.S. citizenship – Fiber One
- Furlough notices arrive for some 13,400 USCIS employees – Federal News Network
- The Trump Administration Just Furloughed 13,400 Immigration Workers – Vice News
- Furlough Notices in Hand, Citizenship and Immigration Employees Look for New Jobs – Government Executive
- COVID-19 pandemic: House Democrats call for stronger guidelines for federal workers – Health and Safety
- Recall of Federal Employees to Regular Worksite Becoming Increasingly Partisan – Fed Week
- Agency reopening strategies earn criticism from both sides of the aisle – Federal News Radio
- [AUDIO] Concerns About Reopening Worksites – WTOP
- Trump Administration Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Reopen Federal Offices, GAO Says – Government Executive
- Picked up by Defense One, Next Gov
- House Lawmakers Clash Over Best Way to Reopen Federal Workplaces – Bloomberg Law
- Largest Federal Union Says Reopen Federal Worksites ‘Wrong’ While COVID-19 Still Spreads – Homeland Security Today
- Disagreements persist over feds’ role in pandemic reopening – Federal Times
- More than 13,000 federal workers face a possible furlough of 30 days or longer – Washington Post
- More Than 13,000 USCIS Workers Face Possible Furlough Amid Coronavirus – Daily Caller
- Large numbers of US immigration workers to be laid off – ANI via Richmond Evening News
- Picked up by Business World,
- USCIS informs 13,000 federal employees of potential furloughs without emergency funding – Roll Call
- Picked up by The Media Hell,
- USCIS starts sending furlough notices – Federal Soup
- USCIS anticipates major furloughs – FCW
- Federal agency furloughs likely will have a significant impact in Kansas City – Kansas City Star
- US Immigration Agency Risks Furloughs Amid Financial Woes – Law 360
- ‘False’ Union Claims Hurting Productivity, Morale, EPA Says – Bloomberg
- Union pushes back on EPA reopening plans – FCW
- [AUDIO] Dispute between EPA and Union over Reopening Worksites – WTOP
- EPA slams union's 'false accusations' about reopening – E&E News
- EPA to reopen DC headquarters after coronavirus closure – The Hill
- Union Hits Back On EPA Reopening: Politico Morning Newsletter
- Coronavirus Roundup: Union and EPA Dispute Conditions for Returning to the Office; Ousted Vaccine Director Amends Whistleblower Complaint – Government Executive
- Despite Reopening, EPA Union Urges Staffers Against Returning To Offices – Inside EPA
- [AUDIO] AFGE’s Return to Worksite Preconditions – The Rick Smith Show
- [VIDEO] Need for coronavirus relief legislation – Working Life with Jonathan Tasini
- AFGE Warns Reopening Without Virus Precautions Puts Workers at Risk – The Chief-Leader
- Pentagon, 44 Million Chats Later, Ponders a Teleworking Future – Bloomberg Law
- [VIDEO] Alaska State & Federal workers share concerns over impact of COVID-19 – KTUU Alaska
- Coronavirus Roundup: Union Defends VA Workers After Trump’s Tulsa Remarks – Government Executive
- ‘I Begged Them To Let Me Die’: How Federal Prisons Became Coronavirus Death Traps – Vice
- Immigration agency resumes processing U.S.-based green cards – Roll Call
- Picked up by Fort Worth Star-Telegram (subscription),
- Union Files Grievance Over VA's Refusal to Bargain – Government Executive
- Another DHS subcomponent faces partial funding shortfall, union warns – Federal News Radio
- Union heads urge caution as DHS looks to resume normal operations – FCW
- As Federal Employee Recalls Grow, So Do Warnings – Fed Week
- Congress Asked to Fund Hazard Pay, Prevent Furloughs – Fed Week
- More Homeland Security Employees Fear Furloughs as Funding From Fee Collections Drops – Government Executive
- Union Head Warns of Government Reopening Risk – Bloomberg Government
- [AUDIO] EPA Dashboard for Reopening – WTOP
- In-country US green card applications temporary suspension? – Work Permit
- Union Boss Cites Own Doctor For Heat Scanner Use At Border – Law 360
- Some DHS employees could face furloughs even as agency reopens – Federal Times
- House, Labor Officials Warn Extra Precautions Necessary to DHS Reopening – MeriTalk
- EPA ‘facility dashboard’ guides reopening decisions, other agencies plan for employees’ return – Federal News Network
- Meat Processing Was Never Safe and Now It’s Worse – Medium
- Lawmakers worry about COVID-19 spread after Bureau of Prisons officers deployed to protests – ABC News
- Picked up by Sandhills Express,
- USCIS pushes potential furlough date for 13,400 employees back to August – Federal News Network Vermont USCIS employees face furlough due to budget shortfall – VT Digger
- Administration puts ‘hold’ on green card requests from US – Roll Call
- Picked up by Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Bakersfield.com,
- USCIS May Furlough Employees Because of Budget Shortfall – Law & Border
- Picked up by DesiOPT,
- [AUDIO] Workers To Face Furloughs If USCIS Doesn't Get Emergency Funds – Fronteras
- DHS Threatening Furloughs This Summer If Requested Funding Not Granted – Lex Blog
- Picked up by JD Supra
- Wheeler outlines plan to reopen EPA headquarters – E&E News
- Philly EPA workers object to reopening office amid coronavirus fears – Philadelphia Inquirer
- EPA Pushes for Telework, Plans Data-Driven Approach to Re-Opening – MeriTalk
- EPA Unions Protest New Plan To Reopen Headquarters, Two More Regions – Inside EPA
- Thinking of returning to the office? EPA flap here underlines the issues. – Crain Chicago Business
- DHS to Begin Sending Furlough Notices to 15,000 Employees Next Week – Government Executive
- Thousands of federal immigration employees brace for furloughs – Fox News
- Picked up by WCSI,
- [VIDEO] Inmates Describe Life In Federal Prison In The Age Of Coronavirus – WTHI
- EPA Said Giving Polluters A Pass Protected Its Workers. Its Own Union Says That’s Gaslighting. – Huff Post
- Union Urges Congress to Act on Hazard Pay, Expanded Leave and More – Government Executive
- How front line feds could get a legislative boost – Federal Times
- Union Points to Problems with Emergency Leave Implementation – Fed Manager
- A Better Health Care System? – The Progressive
- Meat plants should slow the line, separate workers, say unions – The Fern
- [VIDEO] OSHA says it was not notified of VA hospital employee’s coronavirus-related death – KLSA
- [AUDIO] Union challenges sick leave benefit implementation Pt 1– WTOP
- [AUDIO] Union challenges sick leave benefit implementation Pt 2 – WTOP
- EPA to Share Coronavirus Data Guiding Reopenings With Workers – Bloomberg Law
- EPA Union Asks Wheeler to Halt Regional Office Reopening Plans – Bloomberg Law
- EPA union calls for 'moratorium' on plans to reopen offices – The Hill
- Coronavirus Roundup: EPA Union Asks for Transparency on Reopenings; OSHA Provides Guidance on Wearing Masks at Work – Government Executive
- A union for EPA workers wants the agency to pause any reopening plans. – Washington Post
- AFGE Urges EPA To Halt Plan For Reopening Agency Offices – Inside EPA
- The proliferation of class-action lawsuits amid coronavirus – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
- Coronavirus outbreaks climb at U.S. meatpacking plants despite protections, Trump order – USA Today
- Volunteers reopening some federal offices closed in pandemic – Associated Press
- Picked up by The New York Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Albuquerque Journal,
- Unions still see problems with emergency paid sick leave at SSA, VA – Federal News Network
- [AUDIO] AFGE files grievance over SSA emergency leave – Federal News Network
- MDC Inmate Death Brings Greater Scrutiny to Federal Prison System – Chief-Leader
- [AUDIO] Most VA workers excluded from COVID-19 emergency sick leave – WTOP
- [AUDIO] AFGE files grievance over SSA sick leave implementation – WTOP
- Social Security Unions File Formal Complaints Over Lack of Emergency Sick Leave – Government Executive
- Picked up by Social Security News
- BOP pushes staff COVID testing responsibility onto outside programs – Federal Times
- 230,000 veterans’ disability ratings are stuck in limbo due to COVID-19 – Task & Purpose
- Crisis negotiations: How coronavirus brought collective bargaining at the VA to a head – Federal Times
- [OP-ED] Coronavirus: As America reopens, Veterans Affairs must not make the same mistakes twice – USA Today
- Picked up by Great Falls Tribune,
- Telecommuting works – just ask returning feds! – Federal News Network
- Agencies Keeping Options Open for Recalling Employees – Fed Week
- Two inmates at Thomson prison test positive for COVID-19 – Sauk Valley
- A Federal Prison Staffer Has Died of COVID-19 – Vice
- With plans to reopen their offices, EPA workers fear they’re being used as political pawns – Boston Globe
- Fall in hiring, USCIS officials on furlough to hit Indian techies in US – Hindu Business Line
- Wheeler: EPA Positioned to Reopen Three More Regional Offices – Bloomberg
May:
- Virus Mental-Health Issues Complicate Legal Gray Area Over Leave – Bloomberg Law
- VA Says It's Providing a COVID-19 Test to Any Employee Who Asks. Employees Say That's Not True. – Government Executive
- Social Security Expands Flexible Hours for Some Workers – Government Executive
- How Philadelphia International Airport is adapting safety measures to the coronavirus – Philadelphia Inquirer
- Over 10,000 Immigration Agency Furloughs Possible: Union – Bloomberg
- USCIS threatens furloughs amid budget shortfall, TSA to offer more early retirements – Federal News Network
- Covid impact: Proposed furloughs at fund-hit USCIS may bite India tech companies – Economic Times
- >USCIS to resume premium processing from June for speedy disposal of visa applications – Times of India
- >How the agency that oversees the US visa process may impact IT firms – Gadgets Now
- "We Could Be Looking Into A Lot Of Trouble": VA Nurses Fear Hospitals Won't Be Ready For What Comes Next In The Coronavirus Pandemic – BuzzFeed
- >Feds in high-risk jobs contracting COVID-19 cleared for workers’ comp – Fed Soup
- Fight over safe reopening is the latest front in "a civil war at the EPA" – Salon
- Tracking COVID-19’s Employment Law Impact: The Role Of Traditional Labor – Above the Law
- EPA plans return to offices. What does that look like? – E&E News
- Fight Over Safe Reopening Is The Latest Front in “Civil War” at the EPA – In These Times
- Coronavirus and America's Food Supply – Think Global Health
- Lawmakers seek solutions for vets denied benefits after VA canceled exams amid COVID-19 – Connecting Vets
- Federal prison in Terre Haute records first COVID-19 death – News and Tribune
- Oakdale union president says prison failed for days to isolate prisoners with coronavirus – The Lens
- [AUDIO] Struggles with federal agencies over confirming COVID-19 infections – The Rick Smith Show
- [VIDEO] Criminals at the border don't care about coronavirus – Fox Business News
- Interior, Energy and EPA have more reopening details for employees – Federal News Network
- Agencies Start Reopening Offices, Though Approaches Vary – Government Executive
- EPA’s Biggest Union Pushes Back Against Reopening Plans – Bloomberg
- Picked up by Society of Environmental Journalists
- Federal prison in Terre Haute records first COVID-19 death – CNHI News
- EPA Union Officials Oppose Wheeler’s Plan To Begin Reopening Offices – Inside EPA
- Federal Workers See Risks to Them in Trump Push to Reopen U.S. – Bloomberg News
- Picked up by Stars and Stripes, Miami Herald, Yahoo Finance
- AFGE: Trump's Anti-Union Moves Helped Spread the Coronavirus – The Chief-Leader
- 6 things Congress can do to protect frontline government workers – St. Louis Labor Tribune
- [VIDEO] Family Says VA Worker Forced to Go Back to Work 5 Days After Exposure to Virus – WRC D.C. How one nursing home is limiting the spread of COVID-19 among veterans – WHYY
- [AUDIO] Struggles with VA Virtual Appointments – WUNC
- [VIDEO] Richmond union members protest outside VA Hospital for hazard pay, PPE – WTVR Richmond
- [VIDEO] Richmond union members protest workplace safety issues outside McGuire VA Medical – WRIC Richmond
- [VIDEO] Local group fights for PPE and proper protocols for workers at VA hospital – WCJB Gainesville
- Union reps: Myers no longer warden at Oakdale FCC – KSLA
- Murphy and Trump Surrounded by More Heroes than We Know in a Fractured Nation – Insider NJ
- Over 60 Labor Leaders Urge Congressional Leaders to #SaveThePostOffice – APWU
- Union to Wheeler: 'No justification' for reopening plans – Greenwire
- [VIDEO] Union leaders for prison employees file “imminent danger” complaints with OSHA – KPLC
- Federal inmates with COVID-19 in Louisiana continued working for days, union says – Reuters
- Picked up by National Post, Jerusalem Post,
- Union Files Complaint Over COVID-19 Conditions at Oakdale Prison – 97.3 The Dawg
- Staff member at USP Hazelton in Preston County, WV, tests positive for COVID-19 – West Virginia News
- The VA Has Moved Thousands Of Healthcare Visits Online, But Some Veterans Say The App Has Problems – KPBS
- VA benefits backlog spikes amid COVID pandemic – FCW
- FCC Hazelton worker tests positive for coronavirus – WCHS
- [AUDIO] Labor Issues in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic – America’s Workforce Radio
- Food Processing Workers Union Demands Increased Safety for Meatpacking Plants – Food Quality & Safety
- Today’s News & Commentary – On Labor
- FCC Hazelton worker tests positive for virus – Dominion Post
- [VIDEO] Hines VA Workers Protest for Safer Conditions – WGN
- [AUDIO] Impact of coronavirus on food safety inspectors – KUNV
- Delivering meals to frontline workers, CBTU and Déjà Vu Café II salute VA hospital doctors and nurses and Metro bus drivers – St. Louis Labor Tribune
- Union: Inmate COVID-19 case at Terre Haute federal prison – Associated Press
- Picked up by Indiana Public Media, Washington Times, The Herald,
- Case of COVID-19 infection reported at federal prison in Terre Haute – Tribune-Star
- [VIDEO] Terre Haute Inmate Tests Positive – WTVW
- Thomson prison off list of Bureau of Prisons quarantine sites – The Herald-News
- Iowa cities with meatpacking plants struggle to get information on COVID-19 cases as state allows businesses to reopen – Des Moines Register
- Picked up by Boone News Republican, Iowa City Press-Citizen,
- Unions Doubt Agencies Can Reopen Safely by Going Their Own Way – Bloomberg Law
- Federal Inspectors Decry Lack of Transparency on Meat Plant Coronavirus Outbreaks – Government Executive
- [VIDEO] Federal workers union: Ricketts shows 'appalling disregard' for meatpacking inspectors – WOWT
- Fourth USDA Food Safety Inspector Dies of COVID-19 – Food Quality & Safety
- Iowa cities with meatpacking plants struggle to get information on COVID-19 cases as state allows businesses to reopen – Des Moines Register
- Kelly: Downward-headed virus data now flattening in Kansas – Associated Press
- Picked up by U.S. News and World Report, The Island Packet,
- Kansas coronavirus update: Gov. Laura Kelly to talk pandemic recovery with President Trump at White House – Topeka Capital-Journal
- Another USDA Inspector Dies of COVID-19 at Meat Plant – North Dakota Ag Connection
- Meat inspector dies; Ford County cases updated – Dodge City Daily Globe
- USDA food safety inspector in Kansas dies of COVID-19 – KWCH
- As VA deaths near 1,000, department boosts hiring, supplies – Stars and Stripes
- [VIDEO] VA protest in Elsmere, Delaware – WPHL
- [VIDEO] VA union protest in Delaware – WPVI
- Reopening Of VA Hospitals May Endanger Nurses – The National Memo
- Lockdown At Terminal Island Federal Prison Curbs Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak – Huffington Post
- Class action lawsuit filed against Lompoc Federal Prison for "mismanaging" COVID-19 outbreak – KSBY
- House passes $3 trillion HEROES Act relief legislation – FCW
- Thirty Workers, Four USDA Inspectors Dead Amid Meat Plant Coronavirus Outbreaks – Time
- 4th Agriculture Department Food Inspector Dies As COVID-19 Cases Multiply At Meat Plants – Huffington Post
- Union Representing Federal Meat Inspectors Says Refusal to Disclose COVID-19 Cases Endangers Workers – Homeland Security Today
- Fourth US meat inspector dies of coronavirus: union – Breitbart
- Southwest Kansas meat inspector dies of COVID-19 – Topeka Capital-Journal
- Southwest Kansas meat inspector dies of COVID-19 – The Morning Sun
- Fourth US meat inspector dies of coronavirus – Vanguard
- [VIDEO] COVID-19 Impact on Meatpacking – KNPN St. Joseph, Mo.
- [VIDEO] COVID-19 Impact on Meatpacking – WCTV Tallahassee Fla.
- [VIDEO] Meatpacking plants open despite virus – WTSP Tampa Bay
- Kansas meat inspector dies of COVID-19, official says – KAKE Wichita
- COs face stress, exhaustion at Texas prison with more than 600 COVID-19 cases – Corrections One
- Federal prisons and coronavirus: One officer’s view – Federal News Network
- (LTE) Don't transfer inmates to Hazelton – Cumberland Times-News
- Congressman visits the terminal island plagued by COVID – Up News Info Los Angeles
- [AUDIO] The VA Has Moved Thousands of Healthcare Visits Online, But Some Veterans Say The App Has Problems – WUSF
- Unions react to the HEROES Act proposal – Federal Soup
- FCW Insider: May 14 – Federal Computer Week
- Fourth USDA Inspector Dies From Virus Amid Meat Plant Outbreaks – Bloomberg
- Picked up by Yahoo Finance,
- Fourth USDA inspector dies of coronavirus amid meat plant reopenings, millions of hogs facing euthanasia – Fox News
- VA hiring jumps amid coronavirus crisis, but department opposes hazard pay for front-line staff – Military Times
- Thousands of Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Are About to Get a Pay Cut – Bloomberg
- Picked up by Fortune, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Newsmax, Time,
- [AUDIO] Being a prison guard now more dangerous than ever – Federal News Network
- [VIDEO] Staff face stress, exhaustion at Fort Worth prison with more than 600 coronavirus cases – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Coronavirus Roundup: Unions Support New Stimulus Package; Pentagon to Purchase Protective Gear for Nursing Homes – Government Executive
- Democrat-introduced stimulus bill includes support for homeless vets, hazard pay for VA employees – Stars and Stripes
- Veterans Affairs says medical employees don't need hazard pay during pandemic – Connecting Vets
- [VIDEO] Coronavirus outbreak at Portland VA hospital grows, illustrating risk to health workers – KGW8
- VA telehealth app keeps crashing for patients and providers – Becker’s Hospital Review
- [VIDEO] ‘They Were Screaming’: Congresswoman Visits COVID-Plagued Terminal Island – CBS2 Los Angeles
- [VIDEO] Congresswoman criticizes conditions at San Pedro prison, where hundreds of inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 – KABC
- Coronavirus: San Pedro lawmaker says inmates lack protection – Los Angeles Times
- Coronavirus: U.S. Rep. wants more Terminal Island inmates at home – Daily Breeze
- Terminal Island is failing to protect inmates from COVID-19, congresswoman says after tour – Long Beach Post
- Cheers and Jeers – Times West Virginian
- 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive As COVID-19 Spreads In Meat Plants – GSI Exchange
- Hundreds of Federal Meat Inspectors Exposed, Three Die from Coronavirus – Food Processing
- COVID-19 Infects Some 200 US Food Safety Inspectors – Powder & Bulk Solids
- As Coronavirus Spreads in Meat Plants, Nearly 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive – Global Research
- Slaughter delays lead to depopulation – American Veterinary Medical Association
- [AUDIO] Cartels Shift Focus During as Pandemic Disrupts Drug Supply Chain – KTRH
- VA data sheds new light on health employees with coronavirus – Federal News Network
- [VIDEO] Protesters fight for more PPE at Overton Brooks – KTBS Shreveport
- [VIDEO] Union members rally outside Overton Brooks VA Medical Center – KMSS Shreveport
- Columbia VA hospital pushes back on claims it doesn’t protect employees from COVID-19 – Charlotte Observer
- South Carolina nursing homes hit hard by COVID-19 – The Center Square
- VA pushes back against criticism for use of controversial drug – WTOP
- Federal Prisons System Opens Hospital at New Coronavirus Hotspot – Government Executive
- [VIDEO] Some Lompoc penitentiary employees agree with local leaders over COVID-19 case numbers separation – KSBY
- Out-of-state inmate transfers to W.Va. federal prisons stopped – Corrections One
- Inmates try to infect themselves with COVID-19 so they’ll be freed, CA video shows – Tri-City Herald
- Testing needed for inmates transferred to Gilmer prison – The Exponent Telegram
- Report: FDA Conducted Just 8 In-Person Food Inspections in April – Food Manufacturing
- VA health care workers sound alarms over hospital reopening plans – ABC News
- [AUDIO] The VA Is Relying More On Virtual Appointments, But Some Veterans Say The App Has Problems – Texas Public Radio
- [VIDEO] Workers at Dorn VA worry staff doesn’t have enough PPE – WSPA Spartanburg
- [VIDEO] Dorn VA workers worry about lack of PPE, officials say they are following guidelines – WIS Columbia
- Columbia VA hospital not protecting employees from COVID-19, union says – The State
- VA workers protest as state logs 10 new deaths, total 330 coronavirus fatalities – The Post and Courier
- Columbia VA hospital not protecting employees from COVID-19, union says – The News & Observer
- [VIDEO] Union members protest outside hospital – WLTX Columbia
- VA Hospital says protesters claims are unfounded – WLTX Columbia
- [VIDEO] VA hospital staff wants more protective equipment – WBTW Myrtle Beach
- [VIDEO] Hospital worker concerns – WJBF Augusta
- [VIDEO] VA hospital worker concerns – WCBD Charleston
- Union members to protest workplace safety and demand protections for veterans on Saturday – WCSC
- Indoor dining to resume in S.C.; VA workers cite virus fears – News Advocate
- Like ‘stationary cruise ships’: Prisons, factories emerging as deadly coronavirus transit hubs – ABC News
- 423 coronavirus cases reported in federal prison outbreak in Tarrant County – Dallas Morning News
- Four More Out-Of-State Prisoners Test Positive At Federal Institution In Gilmer – West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- U.S. Attorney General: No more out-of-state inmates to be transferred to W.Va. – Times West Virginian
- Sen. Manchin: U.S. Attorney General says no more prison transfers to FCI Gilmer, FCC Hazelton – West Virginia News
- The ACLU Demands Mass COVID-19 Testing of All Prison Employees and Incarcerated Populations – Davis Vanguard
- Rangers, IRS volunteers lead in returns of federal workers – Associated Press
- Picked up by Federal News Network, multiple other outlets
- [VIDEO] Meat prices expected to surge as coronavirus rips through processing plants – CBS Evening News
- As coronavirus spreads in meat plants, nearly 200 USDA inspectors test positive – Food Dive
- Trump eyes federal retirement plan investments as part of showdown with China over coronavirus – Washington Post
- [VIDEO] Philadelphia International Airport requiring masks for all passengers, staff – WPVI Philadelphia
- [VIDEO] Coronavirus and the federal workforce – C-SPAN Washington Journal (quotes AFGE statement)
- [VIDEO] 5 inmates at FCI Gilmer have tested positive for COVID-19, officials say – WBOY
- Hazelton FCI will not be getting COVID-positive inmates – Times West Virginian
- Report: Over 5,000 U.S. corrections officers have COVID-19 – Corrections One
- Immediate, mass COVID-19 testing critical at federal prisons, ACLU and workers say – News & Observer
- ACLU And Council Of Prison Locals Call For Mass Testing Of All Employees And Incarcerated People As Over 5,000 Correctional Officers Test Positive For COVID-19 – ACLU
- Federal officials promise to test and not transfer COVID-19 positive inmates to West Virginia – WAJR
- Bureau of Prisons confirmed prisoners who test positive for coronavirus will not be transferred to West Virginia facility – West Virginia Metro News
- Return to Office? How About Never, Social Security Union Says – Bloomberg Law
- VA’s active coronavirus cases drop as leadership talks of reopening facilities – Military Times
- Food Plant Personnel Covid-19 Deaths Reported – WebMD
- Sonny Perdue’s predictions about meat production recoveries could be coming true – Food Safety News
- Which is worse, forced telework or can’t telework? – Federal News Network
- Three USDA inspectors die from COVID-19 – Meat and Poultry
- Airports Start Requiring Masks for All Travelers and Staff – Route Fifty
- [AUDIO] Ben Speight, AFGE’s Crisis Response Campaign – The Rick Smith Show
- TSA to require employees to wear masks at U.S. airport checkpoints – Reuters
- Picked up by National Post, KFGO, WIMZ,
- Small-Business Owners Say PPP Isn’t the Solution They Need – Bloomberg Quint
- Lexington health officials urge federal prison employees to be tested for coronavirus – Lexington Herald-Leader
- 124 inmates at FCI Gilmer quarantine site could have come from just about anywhere, union official says – West Virginia News
- Federal government investigates Coleman Prison – WMFE
- Over 100 federal meat inspectors have tested positive for COVID-19 — along with at least 5,000 meatpacking workers – Business Insider
- SSA employees telework their way through backlog – Federal Soup
- Sign two petitions to support AFGE federal employees’ safety – The Stand
- Top officials leave FEMA as pandemic rages – E&E News
- The VA’s Fourth Mission and the Pandemic – Labor Notes
- Protecting Physicians: Advocating for Hazard Pay – National Association of Veterans Affairs Physicians and Dentists
- Crisis Communications Case Study: AFGE – International Labor Communications Association
- 3 USDA meat inspectors dead, about 145 diagnosed with COVID-19 – CBS News
- Picked up by WCBI Mississippi, WRBL Georgia,
- [AUDIO] Federal food inspectors contracting coronavirus as plants stay open – Federal News Radio
- Nearly 150 federal meat inspectors diagnosed with coronavirus, 3 dead: report – Fox News
- Picked up by Fox 5 DC,
- Hundreds of Federal Food Inspectors Diagnosed With COVID-19, Three Dead – My Healthy Click
- [VIDEO] Coronavirus impact on meat inspection plants – Fox 10 Phoenix
- REPORT: 3 USDA meat inspectors dead, many more diagnosed with COVID-19 – DML News
- Nearly 150 federal meat inspectors diagnosed with coronavirus, 3 dead: report – WCSI
- Another Look at the VA, in the Midst of a Pandemic – Labor Notes
- Lawmakers pledge support for hazard pay, PPE, telework at VA facilities – Federal Soup
- VA Northern Indiana responds to protest and complaints of VA workers – WTHI
- Troops Supporting Pandemic Response Should Get Hazard Pay, Senator Says – Military.com
- Picked up by Task & Purpose
- Over 5,000 corrections officers have contracted COVID-19 – ABC News
- With support from political leaders, union continues battle over Gilmer, Hazelton fed prison quarantine sites – West Virginia News
- [AUDIO] Opposition to federal prisoner transfers – WAJR
- USP Lewisburg staffer sent to NYC tests positive for COVID-19 – WKOL
- U.S. may require masks at airports in changes to limit coronavirus – Reuters
- Picked up by National Post, Money Control,
- Responsibility for coronavirus precautions at airports is a ‘game of hot potato’ – CNBC
- Congressmembers Introduce Presumption Legislation For TSA Officers – Workers Compensation
- Trump pushes to reopen country, but his own workforce isn’t rushing back – Politico
- [AUDIO] For These Federal Employees, Telework Means Productivity Is Up, Their Backlog Is Down – NPR Morning Edition
- Picked up by WGVU Michigan, NPR Illinois, KNKX Seattle, Blue Ridge Public Radio, multiple other outlets
- VA Health Centers See COVID 19 Infections in Employees: Union says Poor Readiness to Blame – WAER Syracuse NY
- [VIDEO] TSA union calls for more protections amid pandemic – Nexstar via ABC 4 Utah
- Picked up by WSPA Spartanburg SC, WJHL Johnson City Tenn., multiple other outlets
- Union leaders meet with lawmakers to protect TSA workers – Transportation Today
- Employees say they’re still waiting for SSA to implement emergency paid sick leave benefits – Federal News Network
- Key FEMA Leader to Depart Amid Coronavirus Effort – The Wall Street Journal
- Union, lawmakers decry use of Thomson as quarantine site for the newly incarcerated – Sauk Valley
- Capito, McKinley, Morrisey ask feds to give fast COVID-19 testing equipment to FCI Gilmer, FCC Hazelton – West Virginia News
- UPDATE Lewisburg penitentiary staffer with COVID-19 was among workers sent to NYC – The Daily Item
- COVID-19 positive inmate at FCI Gilmer was one of 124 newly transferred prisoners – WCHS
- [VIDEO] 23 VA Medical Center Workers Die From Coronavirus – NBC 4 DC
- [AUDIO] VA Says It's Getting More Masks For Staff; Workers Say They're Still Unsafe – NPR Weekend Edition
- Correctional officers union protests transfer of inmates into West Virginia – WCHS
- Picked up by WVAH
- Misery Mountain: Four days after out-of-state inmates were transferred to W.Va. for quarantine, the first coronavirus case was confirmed. – Times West Virginian
- [VIDEO] FCI Gilmer inmate tests positive for COVID-19 just days after being transferred – WBOY
- Picked up by WOWK
- [VIDEO] Protest held against transferring COVID-19 inmates to W.Va. – WDTV
- FCI Gilmer County inmate tests COVID-19 position, leaders demand fair access to testing – WAJR
- UPDATE: Positive test of inmate at FCI Gilmer quarantine site decried by union, Rep. McKinley – West Virginia News
- [AUDIO] Protest against prison transfers – WEPM
- Bureau of Prisons confirms positive test at Gilmer prison came from inmate who was transferred there – WV Metro News[AUDIO] AFGE Protests Prison Transfers – WAJR[AUDIO]
- Federal prisoners testing positive – WEPM
- Union protest planned in Morgantown over transfers of federal inmates – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
- Corrections officer union protests transfer of inmates into W.Va. – Corrections One
- Nationally, 70% of federal inmates tested for COVID are positive – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- [AUDIO] Implications of keeping meat plants open – CBS News Weekend Roundup
April:
- More airlines move to make masks mandatory for travelers to combat covid-19 – Washington Post (NP Kelley)
- Picked up by the Chicago Daily Herald,
- Lawmakers Prepare New Legislation to Protect TSA Employees During Pandemic – Government Executive (NP Kelley)
- Federal employees push for COVID protections in 'dangerous' workplaces – The Hill (NP Kelley)
- House Homeland Dems want to help TSA workers in next COVID-19 relief package – FCW (NP Kelley)
- Coronavirus at work: Safety inspectors reviewing scores of employee hospitalizations, deaths – USA Today (VA OSHA complaint)
- Picked up by Yahoo News, Democrat and Chronicle, News-Press,
- [VIDEO, ARTICLE] VA workers hold rally protesting working conditions – KLAS Las Vegas (LP Ward-Smith)
- [VIDEO] Demonstrators protest VA working conditions – KLAS Las Vegas (LP Ward-Smith)
- [VIDEO] Union workers protest work conditions – WVVU Las Vegas (LP Ward Smith, Member Osario)
- [VIDEO] Medical workers protest lack of protective equipment at North Las Vegas veterans hospital – KSNV (Member Osario)
- [VIDEO] VA workers protest shortage of equipment during crisis – WTHR Indianapolis (LP Rademaker)
- [VIDEO] Union criticizes unsafe working conditions at VA hospitals – Tampa Bay News 9 (LP Thomas)
- Local VA employees demand PPE – Chronicle-Tribune (LP Rademaker)
- Nurses, union organizers protest lack of PPE at Salem VA Medical Center – Salem Times Register (member James Martin)
- Fed employees, unions demand more COVID-19 protection – Federal Soup
- Federal Inspectors Are Fearful, Angry About Trump's Order to Reopen Outbreak-Stricken Meat Plants – Government Executive (CP Schelling)
- Trump’s meatpacking order gets mixed response – Capital Press (NP Kelley)
- Picked up by TLO.org,
- US meat inspectors given new role looking after people – Financial Times (NP Kelley)
- Federal correctional officers' union to protest transfer of inmates to prisons in W.Va. – WDTV (LP Heldreth)
- UPDATE: BOP declines to identify points of origin for 124 FCI Gilmer quarantine inmates – West Virginia News
- FCI Hazelton workers plan quarantine protest in Morgantown – WAJR (LP Heldreth)
- Ohio drilling down on COVID-19 in state prisons – Mahoning Matters (LP Mayle)
- Whistleblower warned of conditions at Fort Worth prison before woman died of coronavirus – Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Steward Beasley)
- [VIDEO] Dissenter Weekly: Whistleblowing Employees Say Bureau Of Prisons Misled Public On COVID-19 Response – Shadow Proof (LP Warren)
- Correctional Staff Blow Whistle As COVID-19 Spreads – Florida Oracle (LP Warren)
- Unions and management: Can we talk? – Federal News Network
- EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Warned of Coronavirus Danger in Prison Where a Woman Just Died After Giving Birth – Vice
- [VIDEO, STORY] Dozens of McGuire workers infected with COVID-19, some say they weren’t given proper protection – WRIC Richmond
- [VIDEO] Not Enough PPE at McGuire – WRIC Richmond
- [VIDEO] VA workers hold rally protesting working conditions – KLAS
- [VIDEO] I-Team: VA union workers share concerns, medical director responds – KLAS Las Vegas
- Picked up by Green Valley News
- [VIDEO] Pres. Trump's Executive order to keep meatpacking plants open met with support, concerns – WJLA Washington
- Trump order on meatpackers raises questions about its effect – Roll Call
- April saw VA coronavirus cases jump four-fold, deaths up 8 times – Military Times
- [VIDEO] Philadelphia TSA workers call for masks to be required at airport – WPVI Philadelphia
- 3 deaths and rampant infections at a Fort Worth lockup are fueling criticism of how federal prisons are handling the pandemic – Dallas Morning News
- Paycheck protection, other pandemic response to garner 'flash' oversight – FCW
- Food industry officials are slammed by experts as 100 safety inspectors test positive for COVID-19 – Brinkwire
- The Latest: Russian Prime Minister says he tested positive – Associated Press
- Florida to unveil plan to ease coronavirus shutdown as data shows U.S. economy shrinks – Reuters
- Feds caught up in Trump's meat processing order – FCW
- [VIDEO] Local union against transfer of inmates – WDTV
- UPDATE: Local union members against transfer of out-of-state inmates to Hazelton prison – WDTV
- [VIDEO] Union protesting inmate transfers – WVFX
- More Than 2,000 VA Employees Now Have COVID-19 – Military.com
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz Calls on Trump to Fully Deploy Defense Production Act to Protect Health Workers, Veterans – Florida Daily
- Federal Employees, Safety and Unions – Fed Smith
- Senators From Maryland And Virginia Demand Consistent Federal Worker Telework Policy – WAMU
- Companies seek to limit legal liability for virus infections – Associated Press
- Picked up by San Francisco Gate, The Sentinel, Syracuse.com, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, U.S. News & World Report, many others
- Growing WV outcry against quarantine plan at Hazelton, Gilmer prisons yet to produce results – West Virginia News
- Federal Employee Union Proposes Preconditions to Returning to Government Work Sites – Government Executive
- Picked up by Flipboard,
- Companies seek to limit legal liability for virus infections – Associated Press
- Picked up the Star-Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, San Francisco Chronicle,
- Brooklyn nurse: My patient wore a mask while I had none – People’s World
- AFGE calls out VA’s ‘insulting and reckless’ denial that workers don’t have adequate PPE – Labor Tribune
- AFGE: Prison Bureau, Lax on Worker Safety – The Chief-Leader
- Brooklyn prison guards claim officials are undercounting staff coronavirus – New York Post
- [VIDEO] National Border Patrol Council provides necessities to local members – KGNS
- Protesters fight feds on plan to make FCC Hazelton a COVID-19 quarantine facility – The Dominion Post
- Local and state officials against transfer of out-of-state inmates to West Virginia prisons – WDTV
- Left in the dark: families with loved ones in Danbury prison – The CT Mirror
- A Former VA Secretary Volunteered to Return As a Doctor. No One’s Called Him Back – Military.com
- First Miami VA worker dies from COVID-19 after being infected at Broward clinic – Miami Herald
- Picked up by Stars & Stripes
- She was promoted a month before her death. Coworkers say she was never moved into her new role, away from sick inmates – CBS News
- Federal prisons confirm first staff death linked to coronavirus – CBS News
- Prison Worker Who Died Of Coronavirus Wasn’t Provided PPE, Co-Workers Say – BET
- Atlanta federal prison employee dies from COVID-19 – Corrections One
- Atlanta Federal Penitentiary employee found dead tested positive for coronavirus – WSB Atlanta
- Latest Round of Coronavirus Relief Shows Hardworking Americans Not Forgotten – Clarkesville Online
- Here is the Latest on Meat Processing Plant Closures, It Could Get Worse – Growing N.C.
- [VIDEO] Concerns over staffing, testing as Thomson prison becomes a 'quarantine site' – WQAD
- Growing WV outcry against quarantine plan at Hazelton, Gilmer prisons yet to produce results – West Virginia News
- VA health chief acknowledges a shortage of protective gear for its hospital workers – Washington Post
- Picked up by Stars & Stripes,
- Ranks of Absent U.S. Food Inspectors Swell on Virus, Union Says – Bloomberg
- Justice urging federal prison director not to move inmates to West Virginia – WCHS
- Volunteers in Coronavirus Response Ruffle Some at FEMA – Wall Street Journal
- Chief VA physician: 'I had 5 million masks incoming that disappeared' – The Week
- Picked up by Yahoo, Daily Magazine,
- Justice, Manchin ask feds to not move quarantined inmates – Associated Press
- Bay Pines veterans hospital employees face unsafe working conditions, union says – Tampa Bay Times
- New guidance recommends social distancing in meat plants – Agri-Pulse
- Bucknell offers quarantine housing to staff returning to Lewisburg penitentiary from other prisons – Tribune Media Services via The Morning Call
- At McGuire VA hospital in Richmond, 23 staff members have tested positive and 45 await test results. Nurses fear the masks they wear don't protect them – Richmond Times-Dispatch
- [VIDEO] Prison union opposes transfer plan of federal inmates because of COVID-19 – WBOY
- UPDATE BOP offers guidance as Lewisburg penitentiary staffers return from out of state prisons – The Daily Item
- U.S. Senators Durbin And Grassley Ask Inspector General To Assess Bureau Of Prisons Response To COVID-19 – Forbes
- Manchin, Capito join chorus of opponents to moving potential COVID-19 prisoners to Hazelton, Gilmer facilities – State Journal Online
- VA workers warn states reopening too soon puts veterans’ lives at risk – Salon
- Brandon Judd: As coronavirus sends unemployment skyrocketing, Trump’s immigration restrictions clearly needed – Fox News
- Inmates transferred to USP Thomson from Chicago prison with COVID-19 outbreak – KWQC
- Justice, Manchin oppose inmate move – Weirton Daily Times
- No new COVID-19 deaths in Western Pa.; 13 new cases in Allegheny – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Correctional officers file complaint about coronavirus at federal prison in Tallahassee – Private Officer Magazine
- Coronavirus: New York and New Jersey lead nation in COVID-19 deaths at VA hospitals – WABC
- [AUDIO] West Virginia inmate transfers – NPR
- [AUDIO] Opposition to West Virginia inmate transfers – WV Metro News
- Manchin Joins Justice in Appealing Prisoner Reassignment – WCBC
- VA medical facilities struggle to cope with coronavirus – Associated Press
- ‘We’re fighting to give them care:’ VA workers, veterans groups decry protection shortfalls – Washington Post
- AFGE assails Trump's plan to go back to work – FCW
- Governors warn Trump administration not to reopen federal offices too soon – Federal News Network
- AFGE Warns Against Reopening Federal Offices Prematurely – MeriTalk
- As meat plants close, at least 100 USDA inspectors test positive for coronavirus – McClatchy via Miami Herald
- Picked up by The State,
- Amid coronavirus pandemic, federal inmates get mixed signals about home-confinement releases – Washington Post
- Union says Hazelton prison to become regional quarantine site for prisoners – The Dominion Post
- VA juggles rising number of staff illnesses, multiple missions during coronavirus – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus: New York and New Jersey lead nation in COVID-19 deaths at VA hospitals – WABC New York
- [VIDEO] DC VA Medical Center Employee, 57, Dies of Coronavirus – NBC4 Washington
- USDA inspector dies as coronavirus spreads in meat packing plants. – USA Today
- Picked up by Des Moines Register,
- [EDITORIAL] Stopping a Lawsuit Epidemic – Wall Street Journal
- VA centers' shortages, risks under scrutiny; veterans agency defends covid-19 response despite workers’ claims, documents – Arkansas Democrat Gazette
- COVID-19 Cases Nearly Quadruple Inside Fort Worth Federal Medical Prison – NBCDFW
- Largest federal worker union urges 'science-based' approach to reopening government – Reuters
- 'They're playing Russian Roulette with the food chain': Food industry officials are slammed by experts as 100 safety inspectors test positive for COVID-19 amid meat processing plants becoming hotspots – Daily Mail
- Here Is The Latest On Meat Processing Plant Closures, It Could Get Worse – Swineweb
- Border official: Illegal immigration lowest in decades amid virus outbreak – KTAR
- [VIDEO] Nurses, union organizers protest for more PPE outside Salem VA Medical Center – WSET
- Picked up by The Washington Post, Missoula Independent, KTAR, Houston Chronicle, Air 1, Windstream, Los Angeles Times, Fox Business, WTOP, WFXR, Anchorage Daily News,
- USDA Inspector Reported to Die Amid Meat-Plant Viral Outbreaks – Bloomberg Quint
- At Beleaguered U.S. Meat Plants, Inspectors Are Getting Sick Too – Bloomberg
- Agriculture Department leaves meat inspectors hunting for safety gear – Politico
- Hogan tours reopened Laurel hospital; virus death toll rises – Associated Press via Houston Chronicle
- Picked up by U.S. News & World Report
- Union: DOJ deportation appeals workers fear overcrowding – Politico
- Picked up by The World News
- [VIDEO] Salem VA Medical Center union members rally for better work conditions – WSLS
- [VIDEO] Illinois coronavirus: Veterans Affairs-linked COVID-19 cases in IL among highest nationwide – WLS Chicago
- VA Workers Say Southern States Reopening Too Soon Puts Veterans’ Lives At Risk – In These Times
- EPA staff condemns Trump back-to-work plan: ‘He wants to decimate us by sending us back into danger’ – Chicago Tribune
- EPA Prepares to Return Staff to Work, Over Some Protests – Bloomberg
- [OP-ED] Social Security Administration needs to make telework a priority even after coronavirus – Baltimore Sun
- [AUDIO] GovExec Daily: How VA Is – and Isn't – Supporting Its Personnel During the Pandemic – Government Executive
- [VIDEO] VA Medical Center employees claim masks being reused in emergency rooms – WUSA9
- Union Members Rallying Outside VA Hospital Protest Lack Of PPE, Sick Leave And Hazard Pay Offered To Staff – Newsweek
- [VIDEO] 'She’s doing great’: Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown released from prison, sources say – WFTV
- Lack of PPE becomes major concern at food facilities – Agri-Pulse
- ‘A recipe for disaster’: American prison factories becoming incubators for coronavirus – Washington Post
- [VIDEO] Salem VA Protest NVAC – WFXR
- [VIDEO] Salem VA Protest Nurse – WFXR
- [VIDEO] Salem VA Protest Preview 2 – WFXR
- [VIDEO] Salem VA Protest Preview 1 – WFXR
- Union holds Wednesday rally at Salem VA Medical Center to raise awareness of employee safety concerns during COVID-19 crisis – WFXR
- ‘It's out of control’: VA nurses demand more protection against coronavirus – Stars and Stripes
- VA tech system freezes out workers, union complains – FCW
- [PHOTO] Virus Outbreak Maryland VA Rally – Naver
- Administrative Law Judges' Association Joins Other Unions in Legal Fight Against Impasses Panel – Government Executive
- Safety Concerns Continue as Infection Numbers Climb – FedWeek
- Lawmakers Demand Answers from VA on Reports of Mask Shortages for Workers – Military.com
- Picked up by U.S. Politics
- Laredo Border Patrol chief responds to coronavirus criticism – LMT Online
- The Fight for Workers Safety on the Job Deepens – Random Lengths News
- Hines employees protest working conditions – Forrest Park Review
- Federal Prison Staff Say the Government Is ‘Getting Hustled’ with Bogus Coronavirus Masks – Vice
- Union Files National Grievance Over Alleged Safety Violations at Federal Prisons During Coronavirus Pandemic – Government Executive
- Despite Coronavirus, ‘The Machinery Continues’ at Immigration Courts – Government Executive
- VA pledges more masks for medical staff who were rationing supplies – Military Times
- AFGE: Feds fail to protect 290,000 workers from coronavirus – People’s World
- Capitalism Is Failing Its Coronavirus Stress Test—Only Workers Can Turn Things Around – In These Times
- Outcry continues over masks for VA workers; patient deaths rise 13% - Stars and Stripes
- One-third of Essex County COVID-19 cases are in prison – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Lawmakers Demand Answers from VA on Reports of Mask Shortages for Workers – Military.com
- ‘Something Is Going to Explode’: When Coronavirus Strikes a Prison – New York Times Magazine
- VA Hospitals Are the U.S. Safety Net. Covid-19 Exposed the Holes – Bloomberg
- Picked up by The Detroit News, Oregon Live, Miami Herald
- [VIDEO] Food supply concerns – NBC News
- VA Instructs Coronavirus-Exposed Staff to Continue Working, Places Those Who Don’t in AWOL Status – Government Executive
- Picked up by MSN News,
- [VIDEO] Protest outside Elkton Prison in Lisbon over treatment of sick prisoners, staff – WFMJ
- OSHA Investigating VA Complaint – WTOP
- R.I.-born Peter Gaynor, head of FEMA, was tested by crisis long before coronavirus pandemic – Providence Journal
- VHA leader changes protective equipment rationing, says staff get one mask per day – Connecting Vets
- Correctional officers express concern over lack of protective gear – WCTV
- [AUDIO] Union leader: Officers at Coleman prison complex feel ‘sacrificial’ during pandemic – WMFE
- Even FEMA running low on protective gear – NBC News
- USDA announces $19 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to support food producers – Q13 Fox
- To roam or restrain? COVID-19 outbreak in behavioral health unit challenges VA Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- VA medical staff push for more PPE, agency bill of rights – FCW
- A vulnerable supply chain – Associated Press via the Register-Mail
- Coronavirus cases rising at Chicago's federal high-rise jail – Chicago Sun-Times
- Federal investigation launched as Veterans Affairs lifts restrictions on masks for health workers – ABC News
- New Orleans airport has third-most TSA agents stricken with coronavirus among U.S. airports – Times Picayune
- Veterans Affairs Employee Union Launches Bill of Rights to Protect Veterans and VA Personnel from COVID-19 – Yuba Net
- First inmates from tornado-damaged prison arrive at Lewisburg penitentiary – Penn Live
- Three workers die at shuttered meat plants as staff tell of perilous working conditions with inadequate PPE and lack of social distancing – Daily Mail
- Prison workers union says federal Leon County prison worker tests positive for coronavirus – WCTV Tallahassee
- USP Lewisburg prepares for transfer of 900 inmates – Milton Standard-Journal
- Union leaders say border agents at risk with lack of adequate virus safeguards. – The Houston Chronicle
- Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Says Some TSA Officers, Other Employees May Not Have Masks – WMFE
- Attorneys Predict a 'Huge Explosion' in Worker Class Actions Over COVID-19 – Law.com
- Daybreak April 17: Packer turmoil puts focus on worker testing, protection – Agri-Pulse
- Trump’s War on VA Workers Is Exposing Them to the Coronavirus – The New Republic
- V.A. Health Care Workers Balk at Safety Practices – The New York Times
- More than 1,600 employees at VA medical facilities have coronavirus – Federal News Network
- U.S. Justice Department watchdog to inspect federal prisons' handling of coronavirus – Reuters
- Picked up by The New York Times
- [VIDEO] South Dakota pork plant closes after 500 employees test positive for coronavirus – NBC Nightly News
- 6th inmate at Elkton Federal Correctional Institution dies from COVID-19 – News 5 Cleveland
- [AUDIO] Protections for VA Medical Center Staff – America’s Workforce Radio
- [VIDEO] Protesting for PPE – KOB 4 Albuquerque
- Health care workers protest outside UNM Hospital, demand better working conditions and PPE – KOB 4 Albuquerque
- Government Staff Say They’re Forced to Come In for No Reason – Bloomberg Businessweek
- [VIDEO] 'I can't risk her' | Pregnant woman quits federal job, fears COVID-19 could harm unborn daughter – WUSA Washington
- [VIDEO] Pregnant VA Worker Quits Job – WUSA Washington
- FEMA union urges Trump to use wartime-era law for more protective equipment – CNN
- Infected, Incarcerated—and Coming to an ICU Near You? – The Marshall Project
- Sisters Say Brother Sick with COVID-19 Was Released from Lompoc Prison to Die – Santa Barbara Independent
- Huge Jump In Number Of TSA Screening Officers Who Have/Had COVID-19 – Your Mileage May Vary
- Federal border agents raise virus concerns – San Antonio Express News
- Prisons: A hot spot for coronavirus – The Post-Star
- Inmate influx expected in Lewisburg due to S.C. tornado – Williamsport Sun-Gazette
- USP Lewisburg prepares for transfer of 900 inmates – The Standard-Journal
- Covid-19 Litigation: Protective Orders Versus the Public’s Right of Access – Law.com (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- Coronavirus has killed five Elkton prison inmates – Canton Rep via The Alliance Review
- Want to Know How Fast Coronavirus Can Spread in Prison? Look at Arkansas. – Mother Jones
- [VIDEO] Prison union points to transfer inmates as root of Forrest City coronavirus outbreak – WREG
- [VIDEO] ‘They’re hoarding the masks:’ VA workers protest lack of PPE on the job – WLOX Biloxi
- [VIDEO] ‘We are not protected.’ Biloxi VA workers protest for additional PPE, hazard pay – Biloxi Sun Herald
- Protesters asking for more protective equipment at Biloxi VA Medical Center – St. Louis Post Dispatch
- [VIDEO] Workers Protest Lack of Personal Protective Equipment – WLOX Biloxi
- DC's VA Medical Center experiences its first coronavirus deaths, officials say – WUSA Washington
- Terre Haute's Federal Prison Set To Become Intake Center For The Region, Bringing In Over 100 Inmates – WTHI
- [VIDEO] 125 Intake Inmates Coming Thursday – WTHI
- Coronavirus has killed five Elkton prison inmates – Beacon Journal
- VA reports surge in coronavirus deaths, employee cases – New York Post
- VA Nebraska-Western Iowa reports 6 COVID-19 cases, 1 death as staff braces for patient surge – Daily Nonpareil
- Lack of Information, Cooperation Adding to Pandemic Stress, Unions Say – FedWeek
- Airline and airport employees nationwide are seeking safeguards and information from carriers as well as the FAA: numbers of airline workers testing positive for COVID-19 emerge – Northeast Valley News
- Former agriculture secretary issues stark warning that a 'cascading series of events' is disrupting the US food chain amid coronavirus pandemic as meat producers plan to cut jobs and products – Daily Mail
- AFGE urges Congress to support federal worker protections – Federal Soup
- Let the Pandemic Employment Lawsuits Begin! – Ballard Spahr (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- Virus closes some meat plants, raising fears of shortages – Associated Press
- Picked up by ABC News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Air1, KQDS, Journal-Gazette, Indianapolis Business Journal, EarthLink, Barchart, KTAR, Windstream, Houston Chronicle,
- VA reports big increases in coronavirus deaths, employee cases over the weekend – Military Times
- FEMA Joined Coronavirus Fight With Posts Unfilled and Parent Agency Shifting Funds to Immigration – Wall Street Journal
- [VIDEO] Employees Rally Outside Biloxi VA To Highlight “Unsafe Work Conditions,” Demand Protective Equipment – WXXV
- Federal workers should get more coronavirus benefits, leading House Democrats say – Washington Post
- Temporary Excused Paid Leave sounds good but is hard to come by – FCW
- [VIDEO] Protest Outside Biloxi VA Medical Center – WLOX
- [VIDEO] 3 more Butner federal prison inmates die from COVID-19 complications, 82 cases reported across prison complex – WTVD (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer calls for incentive pay, increased protection for shipyard workers – Kitsap Sun (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- In Memoriam: Union Members Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic – AFL-CIO
- [AUDIO] Impact of Coronavirus on Meat Processing Facilities – KLIF
- Meat processors affected by virus – The Herald
- Inmate, seven corrections officers test positive at Ray Brook federal prison – The Post-Star
- Fourth Elkton prison inmate dies from coronavirus – Canton Rep
- Feds sued for 'inadequate' response at FCI Elkton – Mahoning Matters
- [AUDIO] Internal Emails Show VA Hospitals Are Rationing Protective Gear – NPR All Things Considered
- The Justice Department Isn’t Giving Employees Enough Guidance On Working During The Coronavirus Pandemic, Workers Say – BuzzFeed
- [VIDEO] Family has questions after VA employee dies from coronavirus – KLSA
- Bureau of Prisons coronavirus response under fire: 'Reactive,' not 'proactive,' inmates, staff say – ABC News
- Federal Prisons Chief Defends Virus Response: ‘We’re Doing Pretty Good’ – The Crime Report
- The coronavirus has now infected employees at Miami’s Federal Detention Center – Miami Herald
- Feds will not say if Lewisburg could become an inmate holdover quarantine site – Penn Live
- [VIDEO] AFGE Union files suit against the VA – WUSA via KFSM
- COVID-19 Continues to Fester and Grow Inside Lompoc Prison – Santa Barbara Independent (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- Laredo Border Patrol chief criticized for coronavirus response – LMT Online
- AFGE responds to VA’s ‘insulting and reckless’ denial that workers don’t have adequate PPE – Labor Tribune
- Inside the deadliest federal prison, the seeping coronavirus creates fear and danger – Washington Post
- U.S. expels 6,300 migrants at the border, shuts off asylum under coronavirus order – CBS News
- Coronavirus outbreak: Hundreds of infected, quarantined inmates in prisons and jails challenging officials – USA Today
- Picked up by The Rolla Daily News
- Prisoners Riot as Coronavirus Tensions Rise – Wall Street Journal
- Coronavirus Outbreaks at Food Processing Plants Have Inspectors 'Fearful' and Employees Staying Home – Government Executive
- [VIDEO] After VA employee's death, union questions safety protocol – KTBS Shreveport (cites AFGE complaint)
- Some Georgia workers say employers not ensuring safety amid pandemic – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Union president says Oakdale prison employees struggling to work in COVID-19 environment – KALB
- Migrant Children Still Face Speedy Deportation Hearings in COVID-19 Hotspots – The Marshall Project (cites AFGE)
- Coronavirus outbreak at Butner prison continues to surge. Now it’s spreading to staff. – News & Observer Raleigh
- U.S. Southwestern Border Apprehensions Drop Slightly amid Coronavirus – Breitbart
- Feds considering using Lewisburg as a regional quarantine stop for inmates being moved – Penn Live Allenwood prison staffer tests positive for COVID-19; 30 Valley federal prison staffers being sent to New York City, Ohio facilities – Daily Item
- Senate Democrats propose pandemic pay bumps for frontline feds – Federal News Radio (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- Federal Prisons Agency “Put Staff in Harm’s Way” of Coronavirus – The Marshall Project
- Picked up by Daily Advertiser
- Report: As cases surge, 7 Veterans Affairs health care staffers die from the coronavirus – Daily Kos
- The VA needs to do more to protect nurses and doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic – Task & Purpose (references AFGE)
- Immigration Judges Urge Feds to Close Courts During Pandemic – Courthouse News Service
- [AUDIO] N-95 Masks Have Arrived at Orlando International Airport, But Are There Enough? – WMFE
- 5 ways Congress can help federal workers on the coronavirus front lines – Roll Call
- Federal employees diagnosed with COVID-19 is on the rise – Federal News Radio (cites AFGE statement)
- [VIDEO] Union leader: VA employees face 'imminent danger' amid coronavirus pandemic – WUSA 9 Washington
- Unions for prison, VA workers file “imminent danger” reports about coronavirus conditions – Washington Post
- Picked up by San Francisco Gate
- [VIDEO] Federal workers asking Congress for help during pandemic – ABC 10 San Diego
- Union, Rep. Peters Demand More Pay, Protection for Federal Essential Workers – NBC 7 San Diego
- Veterans Affairs Employee Is Fifth Death From COVID-19 In Washoe County – KTVN Reno
- 167 VA patients, seven employees dead from coronavirus – Stars and Stripes
- Union Raises Concerns About COVID-19 Outbreak at Lompoc Federal Prison Complex – Noozhawk
- The National Park Service Has Not Required All Locations to Close During Coronavirus, Despite Demands – Government Executive
- Congressman: DOJ stops inmate transfers to FCI Elkton – Mahoning Matters
- The SBA is overwhelmed with demand. Is it up to the task of responding to the coronavirus? – Washington Business Journal
- Trump Administration Puts VA Workers at Risk, Union Claims – Bloomberg
- Union warns of coronavirus exposure in federal prisons, VA facilities – FCW
- Picked up by Defense Systems
- 3 VA health workers have died of COVID-19. 776 have tested positive. – Reveal (cites VA OSHA complaint)
- Picked up by Government Executive
- [VIDEO] Exclusive 3News Investigation: Families of inmates met with silence as COVID-19 overwhelms Elkton prison – WKYC
- Crisis at Oakdale: Coronavirus cripples federal prison in Louisiana – CBS News
- Unions raise coronavirus safety concerns over frontline CBP, VA employees – Federal News Network (cites AFGE complaints)
- Union files labor complaint against two agencies – Federal Times
- Union accuses VA of 'endangering' veterans, medical staff during coronavirus pandemic – Connecting Vets
- Federal Employee Safety Could be Addressed in Next Virus-Response Bill – Fed Week (cites AFGE complaints)
- Coronavirus: Senate Dems Propose Premium Pay for Frontline Federal Workers – FedSmith (cites AFGE lawsuit)
- COVID-19 in Arizona: Immigration employees test positive, small-business evictions halted – Cronkite News
- Reno nurse dies of coronavirus at VA hospital where she cared for patients – Reno Gazette Journal
- Nevada Veterans Affairs nurse dies from COVID-19, fifth death in Washoe County – Fox 11
- Reno VA mourns ICU nurse amid the COVID outbreak – KOLO 8
- AFGE Sues Government for Hazard Pay for Feds Working Through Coronavirus – Homeland Security Today
- TSO’S Needs Protective Equipment – Labor Press
- State inspectors eyed to address potential FSIS shortages – AgriPulse
- Coronavirus Puts a Prison Under Siege – Wall Street Journal
- Farmworkers Are Caught Between Coronavirus Fears And Feeding The Nation: “We Are Very Worried” – BuzzFeed
- Federal Prisons Pose ‘Imminent Danger’ in Spreading COVID-19, Union Says – Government Executive
- Trump’s War on Veterans – American Prospect
- AFGE head: Federal managers are exacerbating pandemic risks – FCW
- SBA Computers Crash in Fresh Blow to Companies Seeking Virus Aid – Washington Post
- Saddle Short-Staffed Federal Prisons With Added Burden From Virus – The Chief
- Coronavirus Hits Packing Plants – Progressive Farmer
- Ohio National Guard on 'medical mission' to FCI Elkton – Mahoning Matters
- Judges call for all immigration courts to close in wake of coronavirus – Cronkite News
- Federal union sues for hazardous duty pay for exposed workers – People’s World
- Letter written by first federal inmate to die of COVID-19 reveals how he pleaded for his release – Brinkwire
- COVID-19 in Colorado: It’s Still Worse Than You Think – Westworld
- Federal Inmates to Make Cloth Virus Masks for Prisoners, Guards – Bloomberg
- Judges call for all immigration courts to close in wake of COVID-19 – Verde News
- What Is Hazard Pay And Who Is Eligible? – Yahoo Finance
- [AUDIO] Lawsuit says federal employees deserve hazard pay during pandemic – Federal News Network
- VA Staffers Struggle with Equipment and Coronavirus Testing Shortages – The Progressive
- Mental health workers seek protections during COVID-19 crisis – Roll Call
- Veterans hospital employees fear new work-from-home ban will endanger community – Chicago Sun-Times
- In COVID-19 response, VA's strengths and vulnerabilities come to forefront – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Hampton VA employees’ union says N95 masks not ideal for multi-day use – Daily Press
- [VIDEO] Coronavirus cases continue to rise at Hampton VA; union president speaks out – 13 News Now
- Trump Fails to Provide Virginia With Critical Medical Supplies – Blue Virginia
- [AUDIO] Inmates, Staff On Edge As COVID-19 Spreads Through Federal Prisons – NPR Morning Edition
- Jail Guards Ask Governors for Protection Against Virus – Courthouse News Service
- Bureau of Prisons Implements Partial Lockdown to Halt Spread – Fed Week
- With 20 testing positive for coronavirus, Danbury federal prison ordered to release high-risk inmates to home confinement – Hartford Courant
- Failed legislation would have helped inmates get out as virus spreads behind bars. Now, deaths have begun – Florida Phoenix
- 3 Dead, 20 Elkton Inmates Hospitalized, Staff ‘Angry’ – The Business Journal
- DeWine won’t require wearing of cloth masks in public – Associated Press
- Angst grows for prison workers – Morning Journal
- As Coronavirus Spreads, So Does Panic And Confusion At Immigration Courts Across The U.S. – The Appeal
- [VIDEO] Everett Kelley on Coronavirus Pandemic Impact on the TSA – CSPAN Washington Journal
- Feds make N95 masks available to TSA agents at Michigan airports after complaints – The Detroit News
- Defense Employees Report Poor Coronavirus Response at Two Facilities – Government Executive
- Uproar among workers supplying the world’s meat is spreading – Business Mirror
- Federal workers sue for hazardous pay – National Hog Farmer
- Nearly 9,000 Homeland Security Employees Off Duty from Coronavirus Outbreak – Breitbart
- Death Toll From COVID-19 at Oakdale Prison in Louisiana Continues to Climb – Reuters
- Picked up by The New York Times
- Coronavirus goes to court: After lives and livelihoods come the lawsuits – USA Today
- Picked up by Yahoo News, Democrat & Chronicle, Angle News, Reno Gazette-Journal,
- Virus concerns effectively shut down overwhelmed US immigration courts – Northwest Florida Daily News
- Picked up by WUFT, Palm Beach Post Online,
- [VIDEO] Contract work continues at Smithsonian properties | 'Employees are putting their lives at risk' – WUSA 9 Washington
- FCI Ray Brook keeps inmates in cells as more staff are infected – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Hampton VA medical staff ‘desperate for PPE,' its union says – The Virginian-Pilot
- [AUDIO] Should federal employees get hazard pay during the pandemic? – Federal News Network
- Death toll from COVID-19 in federal Oakdale facility now already officially up to four ... UPDATE: And a death now in federal prison in Ohio – Sentencing Law and Policy
- D.C. leaders fear an outbreak that cripples the country – Politico
- Picked up by All News Hub
- Federal prisons facing shortages of resources amid coronavirus outbreak – ABC News
- Uproar Among Workers Supplying the World’s Meat Is Spreading – Bloomberg
- Picked up by Yahoo Finance, Toronto Star
- [VIDEO] Coronavirus drives essential federal employees to sue government for hazard pay – Fox 5 (Washington DC)
- Why Are We Transferring Potentially Sick Inmates Across the Country Without Testing Them First? – Mother Jones
- Third inmate at Louisiana's Oakdale prison has died from coronavirus: official – Reuters
- Picked up by Netscape, National Post, CompuServe
- Cartwright reports changes as inmates test positive – Republican Herald
- Federal Prison System Goes Into ‘Modified Lockdown’ – Government Executive
- Coronavirus has sidelined roughly 9000 Homeland Security employees, internal report shows – Los Angeles Times
- Government Workers File COVID-19 Hazard Pay Class Action – Top Class Actions
- AFGE sues federal government for COVID-19 hazard pay – Employment Law Daily
- US sending 540 troops to Mexico border to assist agents during pandemic – San Diego Union Tribune
- Rep. Keller introduces bill to totally stop federal inmate transfers – Northcentral PA
- [VIDEO] Exclusive: 3 inmates test positive at eastern Ohio prison for COVID-19, another 80 are showing symptoms – WKYC
- Keller, union head discuss federal inmate transfers – The Standard-Journal (subscription)
March:
- [AUDIO] GovExec Daily: The Hazard Pay Lawsuit – Government Executive
- Second inmate at Louisiana's Oakdale prison dies from coronavirus illness, official says – Reuters via National Post
- Picked up by Haaretz
- Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 – New York Times
- VA office workers demand administrative leave – WHYY (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Federal Prisons Heighten Restrictions to Stem Spread of Coronavirus – Wall Street Journal
- Picked up by MSN
- Federal Workers Owed Hazard Pay for Coronavirus Exposure, Class Action Claims – ClassAction.org
- Federal employees, labor union sue U.S. government for no hazard pay during coronavirus – Just The News
- Feds, union sue for hazard pay – Fed Soup
- Union calls for administrative leave for employees at regional VA office – Federal Times
- [VIDEO] Union Representative Raise Concerns Over Federal Prison Inmate Transfers During Coronavirus Outbreak – WCBI (Columbus, Miss.)
- Pierce County health care workers petition for hazard pay amid coronavirus crisis – The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
- Nearly All New Illegal Border Crossers Are Getting Sent Back, Say Feds – Breitbart
- Work on Border Wall Continuing in Midst of Coronavirus Concerns – The New American
- Federal Workers, Union Sue for Hazard Pay – Government Executive
- Union sues to get hazardous duty pay for federal workers at risk of coronavirus exposure – Washington Post
- AFGE sues for hazard pay for federal employees working through coronavirus pandemic – Federal News Network
- AFGE sues for hazard pay – FCW
- Coronavirus drives essential federal employees to sue government for hazard pay – Fox Business News
- Picked up by Yahoo Finance
- Fed. Workers Union Demands Hazard Pay For Virus Exposure – Law 360
- Lawsuit seeks COVID-19 hazard pay for federal workers – Agri-Pulse
- Coronavirus Hazard Pay Sought by Federal Workers Suing US – Newsmax
- Federal employees forced to work during coronavirus outbreak sue for hazard pay – Connecting Vets
- AFGE Suit Seeks Virus Hazard Pay for Federal Employees – MeriTalk
- VA Workers Sue for Hazardous Duty Pay During Pandemic – Military.com
- Federal prison workers file suit seeking hazardous pay after guards exposed to coronavirus in Louisiana lockup – The Oregonian
- Letter to the Editor: Essential employees at risk despite guidance – Federal News Network
- Prison virus precautions too little, too late in North Country – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Coronavirus: Employees slam FEMA for hiding details of its 7 positive cases, say it's risky for public health – MEA Worldwide
- VA projects high levels of employee absenteeism as coronavirus response ramps up – Federal News Network
- DOL Telework Policy Questioned as Worker Contracts Covid-19 – Bloomberg Law
- [VIDEO] Veteran reacts to abc27 Lebanon VA investigation – WHTM (Pennsylvania)
- Cong. Keller hosts telephone town hall for corrections officers – WKOK
- Federal workers seek hazard duty pay because of exposure to coronavirus – WTOP
- Coronavirus Hazard Pay Sought by Federal Workers Suing U.S. – Bloomberg
- Government Sued on Behalf of Federal Employees Exposed to Coronavirus – Homeland Security Today
- Inside the Federal Prison That's ‘Ground Zero’ For the Coronavirus Outbreak – Vice
- Coronavirus Latest: Five Federal Workers Seek Hazard Pay Following COVID-19 Exposure - DCist
- Unionized public-sector workers call for more COVID-19 help from feds – Chicago Sun-Times
- What happens if workers cutting up the nation’s meat get sick with coronavirus? – ProPublica
- Picked up by The World News, Good Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story
- Contractor in isolated portion at DFAS tests positive for COVID-19, union official says – Rome Sentinel (N.Y.)
- Government Sued Over Federal Employees Exposed to Coronavirus – Fed Smith
- TSA officers now allowed to wear protective masks – Federal Times
- Immigration Services Agency Seeks to Suspend Bargaining With Union Amid Coronavirus Outbreak – Government Executive
- Trump wants hazard pay for ‘warriors’ fighting on front lines of coronavirus – Business & Politics
- Inmate dies after contracting coronavirus at Louisiana federal prison – NBC News
- FEMA Says at Least 7 People at the Disaster Agency Have the Coronavirus – The New York Times
- Picked up by Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette,
- An explosion of coronavirus cases cripples a federal prison in Louisiana – Washington Post
- This TSA officer has coronavirus symptoms. He can't get tested – USA Today
- Picked up by Journal & Courier,
- What are US airports, TSA doing to prevent the spread of coronavirus? – McClatchy News Service
- Picked up by Raleigh News & Observer, Miami Herald, Fresno Bee
- TSA closing checkpoints as traveler numbers fall, coronavirus cases among officers rise – CNN
- Picked up by MSN
- Coronavirus Hits Airports: 61 TSA Screeners Test Positive; What Airlines, Airports Are Doing – International Business Times
- Picked up by Binkwire
- Border wall construction continues despite coronavirus outbreak – Washington Times
- More than 40 miles of border wall constructed since coronavirus outbreak began, DHS says – Washington Examiner
- TSA union: Agency answered call for increased protective equipment – Augusta Free Press
- TSA worker in Hawaii tests positive for COVID-19 – KITV (Honolulu)
- Canaan federal prison union worried over NYC inmate transfers, gear shortage – Citizens Voice
- Federal public defender discouraged by resistance to inmate release as virus spreads in U.S. prison system – Chicago Sun-Times
- How the $2 Trillion CARES Act Divides Up as States Call for COVID-19 Help – Homeland Security Today
- Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears – Associated Press
- TSA agents will get masks to help prevent coronavirus spread – Los Angeles Times
- TSA officers to obtain masks to help prevent the spread of coronaviruses – Press Stories
- Federal Workers, Dems Push for Hazard Pay in Next Coronavirus Legislation – Government Executive
- Federal Agencies to get Billions for Telework, Cleaning, Overtime Costs – Fed Week
- Ray Brook prison employee contracts COVID-19 – The Post-Star
- Health and Safety Concerns of Federal Workers Ignored as Agencies Struggle with Coronavirus Response – Yuba Net
- TSA agents will wear masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus – All About Geneva
- Coronavirus Roundup: Government to Issue New Guidance Based on Regional Risks – Government Executive
- $2T Senate rescue bill passes with some workforce protections, but absent measures sought by the House – FCW
- [VIDEO] Union Reps Raise Concerns About Safety Inside Federal Prison Amid Outbreak – WTHI (Terre Haute, Ind.)
- [VIDEO] Navy daycare workers want better protection from coronavirus – KFMB (San Diego, Calif.)
- Ray Brook federal prison has confirmed case of COVID-19 – Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranac Lake, N.Y.)
- Lawmakers, Union Urge Halt to All Prison Inmate Transfers – Government Executive
- Tensions Flare Between EPA and Union During Virus Response – Bloomberg Law
- Coronavirus hits immigration courts as DOJ continues to refuse to shut down system – Daily Kos
- Correctional officer union at FCI Ray Brook raises concerns about COVID-19 preparedness – Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, N.Y.)
- Varick St. Immigration Court Reopened Despite Court Staffer Testing Positive for COVID-19 – Documented
- NY Immigration Attorneys Demand Coronavirus Safeguards – Law 360
- Federal union joins fight over out-of-state inmate transfers – The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pa.)
- [AUDIO] Upheaval at Batavia Immigration Court over COVID-19 protocols reflects national call to close courts – WXXI (Buffalo, N.Y.)
- Coronavirus Roundup: Agencies Struggle to Meet Escalating Needs – Government Executive
- [LTE] Care for veterans – The Virginia-Pilot (Hampton, Va.)
- [OP-ED] Correctional officers’ union at FCI Ray Brook sounds the alarm - Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranac Lake, N.Y.)
- EPA Continues Push To Curb Telework For Some, After Pandemic – Inside EPA (subscription)
- [AUDIO] The VA Is Screening For Coronavirus, But Not Everyone At The Agency Feels Prepared – American Homefront Project
- Picked up by Texas Public Radio, WUSF
- [AUDIO] Orlando International Airport Workers Continue to Get Sick, But TSA Won’t Give them N-95 Masks or Testing – WMFE
- Sick Staff, Inmate Transfers, and No Tests: How the U.S. Is Failing Federal Inmates as Coronavirus Hits – Vice News
- AFGE report: COVID-19 sickness—one TSA family’s terrible experience – Federal Soup
- One of 32 federal inmates transferred to Allenwood complex tested for coronavirus – Penn Live
- New EPA order limits telework post-pandemic – The Hill
- EPA’s Smooth Teleworking Fuels Union’s Push for More Flexibility – Bloomberg Government
- Prison guards protest transfers of prisoners from covid-19 hotspots to central PA – Northcentral PA
- Oklahoma City inmate transferred to Valley tested for COVID-19 – Daily Item (Sunbury, Pa.)
- Compassionate coronavirus release on hold as Oregon judge seeks medical information on federal inmate – Oregon Live
- Coronavirus and the Prison Industrial Complex – Counter Currents
- Picked up by International Policy Digest
- Union, Keller call for a halt in inmate transfers – The Standard-Journal (subscription)
- U.S. Rep. Keller Calls For End To Federal Prison Transfers To Pa. While COVID-19 Crisis Continues – WPSU
- ’16 Illegals’ From Coronavirus-Infected Countries Released Into US, Border Patrol Union VP Reveals – Daily Caller
- Tech money, workforce provisions in $2.5 trillion House stimulus – FCW
- Calls for Closure of New York’s Immigration Courts Grow as Judge Is Tested for COVID-19 – Documented
- Federal workers’ union asks for protective gear for workers – Anniston Star
- Picked up by Stars & Stripes
- [VIDEO] Federal prisoners from New York being transferred to Union, Wayne Counties – WNEP (Scranton, Pa.)
- US coronavirus cases jump past 33,000, deaths hit 400 – South China Morning Post via Yahoo News
- Policy to limit telework emerges during pandemic – E&E News
- Picked up by The Electricity Forum
- Coronavirus concerns at FCI/Schuylkill – Republican Herald
- Bipartisan Legislation Would Direct Federal Agencies to Allow Full-Time Telework – Government Executive
- Majority of SSA employees have or will soon begin full-time telework – Federal News Network
- Migrants and employees in immigration’s health, focus of hundreds of groups – Political Hispanic
- Donald Trump’s corona crisis measures are handout for the rich – Socialist Worker
- Trump is exploiting coronavirus pandemic to ram through union-busting policies – Salon
- Fear of Coronavirus in Immigrant Detention Leads to Preparation, Calls for Release – Wall Street Journal
- U.S. prison union official warns of coronavirus spread by inmate transfers from outbreak hotspots – Reuters
- Picked up by U.S News & World Report, National Post, WSAU (Wisconsin),
- 38 positive for coronavirus at Rikers, NYC jails – Associated Press
- Picked up by WTOP, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Washington Post
- UPDATES: Union calls for mandatory telework provision in any coronavirus relief package – Federal Times
- Social Security Institutes Fulltime Telework for Most Employees – Government Executive
- VA push for telehealth amid coronavirus slowed by balky networks – Politico
- ‘Is My Life Not As Valuable As Yours?’ Immigration Judges Want All Courts Shut Down As Coronavirus Cases Soar – The Appeal
- US states release 'low-risk' inmates over coronavirus fears – Al Jazeera
- Bureau of Prisons Is Still Moving Inmates Across The Country – Forbes
- Federal Employees Complain Of Unclear Guidance On Telework – WAMU
- Picked up by DCist
- Union says VA hospital workers able to telecommute told to come in – Chicago Sun-Times
- Growing Calls To Close Immigration Courts And Release Detainees As Virus Spreads – NPR
- Abandoned Populations: The Moral Case For Freeing Incarcerated People In The Face Of COVID-19 – Essence
- UPDATE Keller: Transfer of prisoners to Lewisburg, Allenwood is 'shameful' – The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pa.)
- Keller: Inmates 'in transit or will be in transit today' – The Standard Journal (subscription)
- Workers, businesses already feeling pain of virus-induced slowdown – Anniston Star
- What’s taking agencies so long to order telework during the coronavirus pandemic? – Federal News Network
- Talk of Lewisburg penitentiary getting inmates from New York City worries officials about coronavirus spread – Penn Live Patriot News
- NY Raises Alarm After 1st Federal Inmate Tests Positive – Law 360
- Senators introduce bill expanding telework during pandemic – Federal Times
- [VIDEO] FAA Ends Brief Suspension of Flights to Philly Due to Virus-Related Staffing Issues – NBC 10 Philadelphia
- At Philadelphia International Airport, Worry Over Safety and Jobs – NBC 10 Philadelphia
- Picked up by WDEL
- Keep COVID-19 Out of Ohio Jails, Prisons, and Courts – Medium
- The COVID-19 Prison Crisis Is About To Become A Community Crisis – Forbes
- More US Immigration Courts Closing Due to Coronavirus – New Delhi Times
- Largest Union Of Federal, D.C. Workers Calls For Action To Protect Employees, Residents From Coronavirus – DC Labor
- Picked up by News Break
- US coronavirus cases jump past 33,000, deaths hit 400 – South China Morning Post
- Under the Virus’s Cloak, Trump Pursues Long-Sought Policies – The New York Times
- U.S. called on to close immigration courts, release some detainees – NBC News
- Immigration courts are still open as coronavirus cases grow – PBS News Hour
- ‘A breeding ground’: Fears at Washington Social Security office as coronavirus spreads – McClatchy News Service
- Picked up by The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.)
- Another TSA screener at Hartsfield-Jackson tests positive for coronavirus – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Trump Accused of Exploiting Coronavirus Pandemic to Advance 'Truly Disgraceful' Union-Busting Effort – Common Dreams
- VA push for telehealth amid coronavirus slowed by balky networks – Politico Pro
- Immigration Courts Barring Anyone Exposed To Coronavirus – Law 360
- Two checked baggage handlers at JFK test positive for coronavirus as TSA reveals at least 12 workers in five states across the country have contracted the illness in the past month – Daily Mail UK
- Not All Federal Workers Are On Telework, And They’re Increasingly Frustrated – DCist
- ‘Not Concerned at All’: A Timeline of Trump’s Coronavirus Dismissals – Rolling Stone
- TSA Screeners Begin Staying Home En Masse After Agency Loosens Leave Rules – Government Executive
- Worker and public safety top 700,000-member AFGE health concerns – Workers World
- Trump is Using the Coronavirus Pandemic as an Excuse For Union Busting, Says Report – Daily Beast
- Groups Demand Immigration Courts Close, Detainees Freed – Newsmax
- Border Patrol Opens Emergency Operations Center in South Texas for Coronavirus – Breitbart
- Area military installations adjust to coronavirus concerns – Rome Sentinel (New York)
- More demands to close immigration courts as judge tests positive for COVID-19 – Arizona Public Media
- Federal Prison Employees Criticize Outbreak Response – News 9 Oklahoma City
- Facing Deportation in a Pandemic – The New Republic
- How Is COVID-19 Impacting the Immigration System? – Texas Observer
- Are federal facilities prepared for COVID-19? – FCW
- "We Don't Social Distance Because We Can't" – Social Security News
- [AUDIO] Federal Employees Demand More Telework Capacity, As Personnel Management Head Quits – NPR All Things Considered
- Workers at federal prisons sound the alarm as system confirms two coronavirus cases – CBS News
- Correction officers and T.S.A. agents at Kennedy Airport test positive. – New York Times
- FEMA mobilizes to respond to coronavirus pandemic – CNN
- EPA faces possible coronavirus outbreaks at multiple offices – The Hill
- Houston VA Hospital Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 – Houston Public Media
- 140 dead in US, Italy coronavirus fatalities continue to soar – Good Morning America
- Documents show undisclosed coronavirus cases at DHS – Politico
- FEMA Preps for Nationwide Deployment in COVID-19 Fight – Newsmax
- Trump keeps immigration courts open despite coronavirus risks – The Guardian (UK)
- Now Rikers Island inmate and guard test positive for coronavirus bringing total to three cases in the NYC prison system as the city considers freeing 'vulnerable and sick' prisoners – Daily Mail UK
- Trump administration takes steps to close border to migrants, citing coronavirus – Los Angeles Times
- Trump’s coronavirus response leaves federal workers, unions, confused and upset – People’s World
- More US Immigration Courts Closing Due to Coronavirus – Voice of America
- House leaders join Senate in asking Trump to mandate telework – FCW
- [AUDIO] Interview with AFGE 2328 President Dr. Sheila Elliott on VA Coronavirus Response – America’s Workforce Radio
- Federal Employees Complain Of Unclear Guidance On Telework – WAMU
- Social Security offices close due to coronavirus. Here’s how you can still get help – The Olympian
- ICE to halt some deportation efforts amid coronavirus – Fox News
- Federal Prison Employees Criticize Outbreak Response – KWTV (Oklahoma)
- Justice Department Closes Most Immigration Courts After Demands From Staff – Gothamist
- Coronavirus is turning an overloaded immigration system into a 'tinderbox' – Los Angeles Times
- TSA confirmed 12 officers test positive for the Coronavirus – WPBF (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
- Amid coronavirus threat Social Security closes all local Social Security officesv – East Bay
- Coronavirus Roundup: Federal Response Could Last 18 Months – Government Executive
- [OPINION] Brandon Judd: Coronavirus pandemic requires US to adopt new policy to quickly deport illegal immigrants – Fox News
- [VIDEO] Florida prisons see impacts from coronavirus pandemic – WTXL (Tallahassee, Fla.)
- AFGE warns of workers’ concerns with government response to coronavirus after 3 TSA staff test positive – Labor Tribune
- Here's what Trump's coronavirus emergency declaration does – CNN
- US airport security officers fear exposure as cases rise – Associated Press
- Picked up by Time Magazine, Chicago Tribune, The Morning Call, Access WDUN, Japan Today,
- As White House Expands 'Maximum Telework' Across the Country, Many Employees Fear They Are Unprotected – Government Executive
- Picked up by Defense One,
- White House Urges Telework for Washington’s Federal Workers – Bloomberg News
- Understaffed Veterans Affairs scrambles to confront COVID-19 – Reveal
- VA’s mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website – Washington Post
- [VIDEO] Federal Workers and the Coronavirus – WUSA (Washington)
- TSA closes some checkpoints at Hartsfield-Jackson amid coronavirus – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- VA physician tests positive for COVID-19, treated patients before being quarantined – Military Times
- Agencies respond to White House telework guidance – FCW
- Coronavirus Spurs EPA to Roll Out Nationwide Telecommuting – Bloomberg Law
- Asylum seekers attend border court amid outbreak – Associated Press
- Picked up by The New York Times, PBS News Hour, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post, ABC News, Houston Chronicle, many others
- Amid coronavirus concerns, Justice Department continues "remain in Mexico" hearings in immigration courts – The Texas Tribune
- DOJ Halts Mass Immigration Hearings, Upping Virus Response – Bloomberg Law
- Overcrowded Border Hearings Risk Spreading The Coronavirus – The Intercept
- Immigration Hearings Across US Postponed Amid Coronavirus Panic – Daily Caller
- Picked up by Daily Signal,
- Most courts closed due to coronavirus — but not those that serve high-risk populations – Vox
- Groups call for US immigration courts to close over coronavirus – New York Carib News
- Latest Information on Corona Impact on ICE and the Immigration Courts – Long Island Wins
- Unions Across America Are Screaming For Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare – Workplace Fairness
- Federal agencies in DC open but with ‘maximum telework’ flexibilities, OMB says – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus measures: Boston immigration court postpones some hearings as judges, attorneys, prosecutors call for courts to close – Mass Live
- Immigration courts, including one in Cleveland, postpone many hearings due to coronavirus – Cleveland One
- Most federal workers will report to the office Monday — as the rest of the country isolates itself – The Washington Post
- Picked up by Stars and Stripes,
- The V.A. Prepares to Back Up a Health Care System Threatened by Coronavirus – The New York Times
- These federal workers were exposed to the coronavirus while serving the public. Now they’re quarantined. – The Washington Post
- SSA announces telework changes amid growing coronavirus concerns – Federal News Network
- Social Security Restores Telework to Previous Levels, But Continues to Resist Expansion to Combat Coronavirus – Government Executive
- Coronavirus: 8 firefighters, 1 additional TSA worker test positive for COVID-19 in San Jose – KGO (San Jose, Calif.)
- TSA worker at Orlando International Airport tests positive for COVID-19 – South Florida Sun Sentinel
- [SPANISH] Coronavirus en Florida el sábado, 14 de marzo: Empleada de la TSA en el Aeropuerto de Orlando dio positivo a coronavirus, un hombre de 77 años del condado de Lee murió – South Florida Sun Sentinel
- An Unprecedented Group Of Immigration Prosecutors, Lawyers, And Judges Are Calling For Courts To Be Closed – BuzzFeed
- ICE prosecutors and immigration judges demand that courts close amid coronavirus fears – Miami Herald
- ICE Prosecutors and Immigration Judges Demand Courts Close Amid Coronavirus – News Law
- Calls grow to close US immigration courts over coronavirus – Al Jazeera
- 'They Are Saving Our Lives': Demand Grows for Grocery Store Employees, Other Frontline Workers to Receive Hazard Pay Amid Coronavirus Outbreak – Common Dreams
- How to Convince Your Boss to Close the Office and Let People Work From Home – Vice
- Northeast Ohio jail seeking to release hundreds of inmates due to COVID-19 concerns – WXII (Winston-Salem, N.C.
- AFGE Decries Inadequate Protections For Airport Screeners; 3 Have Virus – The Chief Leader
- Many Federal Workers Must Still Go to Work Because Agencies Are ‘Scared to Death’ of Making Decisions – Law & Crime
- Social Security offices open despite union concern about coronavirus, contact with elderly – Syracuse.com
- Federal unions frustrated by agency pandemic plans – FCW
- Some Agencies Reluctant to Embrace Telework and Take Other Precautions, Despite Growing Coronavirus Concerns – Government Executive
- Agencies still ‘far too stingy’ with telework during coronavirus spread – Federal News Network
- Prisons’ Coronavirus Risk Puts Justice Department Under Pressure – Bloomberg News
- Unions Across America Are Screaming For Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare – In These Times
- Coronavirus crisis management: It’s all about agility – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus US Update: TSA Officers May Have Spread COVID-19 At Mineta San Jose Airport – International Business Times
- Federal Employees Need More Protections From Virus, Unions Say – Bloomberg Law (subscription)
- As More Feds Contract Coronavirus, Agencies Scramble to Keep Employees Safe – Government Executive
- A remote White House? Trump team weighs teleworking – Politico
- TSA Employees’ Union Calls on TSA to Provide Better Protection for Airport Security Screeners – Homeland Security Today
- Federal Prison Employees and Others Question BOP’s Readiness for Coronavirus – Government Executive
- Maryland’s U.S. senators say coronavirus makes it ‘urgent’ to allow more federal employees to work remotely – Baltimore Sun
- Picked up by Capital Gazette
- [VIDEO] San Jose TSA agents with COVID-19 worked at Terminal B, union rep says – KGO (San Francisco)
- St. Cloud VA screening people, limiting entrances to avoid COVID-19 exposures – St. Cloud Times
- [LTE] Union: Government should let Social Security employees work from home – Syracuse.com
- Coronavirus crisis management: It’s all about agility – Federal News Network
- USCIS to launch nationwide telework program amid coronavirus spread – Federal News Network
- The elephant in the room: Coronavirus and teleworking – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus Covid-19: Airport security worker union asks TSA for masks – Airport Technology
- Agencies are taking steps to stop spread of coronavirus – CyberFeds
- [AUDIO] "Serious concerns" with government's response to coronavirus – Union City Radio
- San Jose Airport TSA employees test positive for coronavirus, first in country – San Francisco Chronicle
- Union calls for scrutiny of coronavirus protections – E&E News (subscription)
- Pentagon halts service member travel to countries most affected by coronavirus for 60 days
- Trump administration wants hundreds of thousands of federal workers to be ready to telework full time – Washington Post
- Picked up by MSN
- To limit coronavirus exposure, U.S. airport security screeners push for better masks – Reuters
- Picked up by The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, WABX, National Post
- [AUDIO] 3 TSA Screeners In San Jose, Calif., Have Contracted Coronavirus, Agency Says – NPR Morning Edition
- Picked up by WGVU (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- 3 TSA officers test positive for coronavirus in San Jose – Tampa Bay Times
- USCIS, SEC extend telework amid coronavirus concerns – FCW
- Coronavirus could push Trump Administration to allow more federal workers to work from home – WUSA (Washington)
- DOD stresses telework, social distancing in COVID-19 guidance – FCW
- Picked up by Defense Systems,
- DOL Building Stays Open, Despite Tenant Coronavirus Confirmation – Bloomberg Law
- Epidemic or pandemic? It’s academic – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus resources: OPM offers up more telework guidance, agencies ramp up workforce preparations – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus Forcing Government to Consider Telework Options – Clearance Jobs
- Agencies are taking steps to stop spread of coronavirus - CyberFeds
- Senators, union leaders criticize Trump administration’s guidance for federal workers on coronavirus – Washington Post
- AFGE urges telework expansion amid coronavirus spread – FCW
- Union Tells Trump Administration to Take Coronavirus Seriously for Government Workers – Reuters
- Picked up by U.S. News & World Report, MD Alert
- AFGE Calls White House Coronavirus Guidance Inadequate, Urges Congressional Intervention – Homeland Security Today
- Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM – Federal News Network
- Coronavirus: Calls to Protect Federal Employees Ramping Up – Fed Smith
- [OPINION] Brandon Judd: To combat coronavirus we must reduce illegal immigration – Supreme Court help is vital – Fox News
- Trump administration confronting decisions to limit teleworking for federal employees as coronavirus cases mount – CNN
- Picked up by KEYT, WCIZ, WALA, KTVZ, KVEW
- [VIDEO] Trump addresses the nation after 1st known coronavirus death in US confirmed – Good Morning America
- Unions Report No Sign of Telework Flexibilities Amid Coronavirus Outbreak – Government Executive
- Curbing teleworking in the time of coronavirus: Dumb and dumber? – Federal News Network
- Agencies approach time to fly the COOP – Federal News Network
- Right-wing media figures use coronavirus to call for closure of the Mexican border – Media Matters
- [AUDIO] Coronavirus could upend feds’ work travel plans – Federal News Network
- [VIDEO] Bush Intercontinental Airport employees concerned about coronavirus – KRIV (Houston)
