When Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, Donald Nesbitt, then a cook at a Brooklyn public school, packed a bag and slept at school so he could continue making food for the many students who relied on him for their regular meals.

Workers were organizing with Teamsters Local 814 in the hopes of starting a union to address simmering concerns over pay and inconsistent hours.

The COVID-19 deaths included 22 paraprofessionals, 21 teachers, two administrators, two central office staffers, a facilities employee, a guidance counselor and a school food worker.

Union officials say school bus workers will be hit hard by the cuts.

When Nets owner Joe Tsai pledged to continue paying the Barclays Center workers who make game day experiences possible through the end of May, it was a relief to many. One group has been left out in the cold, however, and is now speaking up for itself.

Elizabeth Warren touted her own “universal workers’ bill of rights" and said of New Yorkers, "I’m glad to see people who are picking up this idea at the state level."

In Côte d’Ivoire, employees at Fairtrade-certified cocoa cooperatives have higher salaries and better working conditions than those at non-certified organizations. Farm laborers, on the other hand, don’t fare as well.

Talk about a sweet gesture. A line of DC Comics superhero chocolate bars is coming, but before you can get your hands on them, Hershey’s is first giving them out to workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lakers star Anthony Davis announces a partnership with world's largest cold food storage company to help Staples Center employees find jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.

Americans required to "shelter in place" should also be entitled to "shelter in job."

Agricultural employers and state health authorities need to act immediately before COVID-19 becomes a major crisis among workers who provide our food supply.

Weeks after the CDC said people should use masks to curb the coronavirus, grocery stores struggle to buy them for staff, partly due to U.S. actions.

Congress pushed employers to cut hours rather than lay off workers. Now some may get more in federal aid than if they had worked the lost hours.

The Clippers, Lakers and Kings, along with Staples Center, have established a fund to provide financial assistance to the arena's hourly employees.

The Ottawa Senators are among the NHL teams that will assist arena workers in danger of losing paychecks during the NHL's suspended season.

Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli are setting a new standard for taking care of arena workers amid the coronavirus shutdown.

Talk about a sweet gesture. A line of DC Comics superhero chocolate bars is coming, but before you can get your hands on them, Hershey’s is first giving them out to workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Big leaguers George Springer and Trevor Bauer extended financial help to stadium employees who now have no work. The Dodgers and Angels haven't committed.

Major League Baseball teams agree to contribute $1 million each toward a fund that will assist ballpark workers during the suspended season.

The Dodgers and Angels haven't said how they will distribute the $1 million each MLB team pledged to pay stadium workers during the coronavirus shutdown.

The Angels will pay at least $1.2 million to workers who would have staffed games at Angel Stadium, including those contracted by third parties.

Gameday workers impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic will collectively receive $1.3 million in financial assistance from the Dodgers.

Talk about a sweet gesture. A line of DC Comics superhero chocolate bars is coming, but before you can get your hands on them, Hershey’s is first giving them out to workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

The artwork depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse doll while ubiquitous superhero action figures of Batman and Spiderman action figure toys lie in a trashcan nearby.

Talk about a sweet gesture. A line of DC Comics superhero chocolate bars is coming, but before you can get your hands on them, Hershey’s is first giving them out to workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Talk about a sweet gesture. A line of DC Comics superhero chocolate bars is coming, but before you can get your hands on them, Hershey’s is first giving them out to workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Elizabeth Warren touted her own “universal workers’ bill of rights" and said of New Yorkers, "I’m glad to see people who are picking up this idea at the state level."

More than 100 flight attendants on one airline have tested positive for the coronavirus. Have airlines done enough?

When Nets owner Joe Tsai pledged to continue paying the Barclays Center workers who make game day experiences possible through the end of May, it was a relief to many. One group has been left out in the cold, however, and is now speaking up for itself.

Owen Bieber, who shepherded the UAW through a recession, the Reagan era, industry downsizing and rapidly expanding global competition, dies at 90.

Working from home with a bunch of plants is strange. Here's how my days go.

As states start lifting stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak, workers will play a key role in determining if the economy bounces back.

Despite their "essential" status during the coronavirus lockdown, frontline retail and delivery workers are among the least paid and least protected.

'Attention must be paid': A nation of Willy Lomans can find truth in the "Death of a Salesman" character play by Dustin Hoffman and Brian Dennehy.

Firefighters are helping in the fight against Covid-19 by delivering over two million pieces of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline health and social care workers.

Mexican officials have begun to cave, despite warnings from health authorities

By removing unemployment benefits, states are forcing workers to risk their lives

A catch in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program could disqualify many workers.

The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income.

A program for one-time assistance to undocumented workers affected by the pandemic is a start, but California must do much more.

COVID-19 lockdowns are inflicting too much economic pain and misery. We need to do more cost-benefit analyses.

Brad Pitt saluted stunt crew and coordinators while accepting an Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood."

Nearly 200 Romanian agricultural workers flown from Bucharest to London Stansted in first of series of flights to plug gap in workforce

Tesla's Fremont EV assembly plant will remain open despite the "shelter in place" Coronavirus lockdown issued by Bay Area counties.

In six days, the It Takes Our Village fund has raised nearly $790,000 for crew members put out of work after the coronavirus pandemic halted production.

England cricket superstar Ben Stokes has praised all NHS workers involved in fighting coronavirus every day.

IN ITS unprecedented scale and potential for devastation, the coronavirus pandemic represents the biggest peacetime challenge ever faced by a British government. On every front, from the NHS to the economy, ministers have gargantuan responsibilities.

A union representing health-care workers in long-term care homes says the province wants to change a directive that gives all workers access N95 masks.

Uber is cutting 3,700 full-time workers, about 14% of its workforce, and its CEO will give up his base salary with the nation largely still in lockdown.

IT MADE for a testy moment on the radio. Home Secretary Priti Patel was on my breakfast show, proudly extolling the virtues of the new immigration system announced last week, with some its key cornerstones being that as of January next year, all migrants must have a job paying a minimum of £25,600 plus a certain level of qualifications and be able to speak English.