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A Trader Joe's worker disinfects shopping carts and controls the number of customers allowed to shop at one time in Omaha, Neb., on May 7, 2020. Grocers like Trader Joe's are offering pay incentives to encourage their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Trader Joe's, Dollar General And Others Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccines

Claire Miller

Grocers from Aldi to Trader Joe's are pitching financial incentives to their employees to encourage them to get vaccinated.

U.S. Still Lags In COVID-19 Workplace Safety, Former OSHA Official Says

Tonya Mosley

Ten months into the pandemic, the Trump administration is neglecting safety at meatpacking plants and other workplaces, a former top federal official says.

A pharmacist fills a syringe to prepare a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for front-line health care workers in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday. A panel of CDC advisers said people 75 and older and some essential workers should be next in line.

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Older People, Some Essential Workers Should Get Vaccines Next, CDC Panel Says

Pien Huang

A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and older and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.

Nurses stand in counterprotest during a demonstration against stay-at-home orders due to coronavirus concerns, at the State House in Providence, R.I., on Saturday.

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Essential Workers Plan May Day Strikes; Others Demand End To COVID-19 Lockdowns

Scott Neuman

Grocery store and warehouse workers are calling for sick leave and hazard pay, while nurses will protest for more PPE. And others are targeting stay-at-home orders.