Worker Safety

Latino construction workers are more likely to die on the job in N.C. than their white or Black counterparts. That’s according to an analysis by the Charlotte Observer. The latest census numbers show Latinos make up 27% of construction workers in the state, but for 60% of construction workers who die on the job. The Observer's Ames Alexander s WFAE's Marshall Terry to discuss.

It’s been nearly a year since a fire devoured an apartment complex under construction in SouthPark and killed two workers. Now state fire officials are hoping new stricter rules designed to keep construction sites safer will prevent such a tragedy from happening again. Gavin Off wrote about it for the Charlotte Observer and ed us on Morning Edition to talk about his work.

Nursing homes, schools, correctional facilities and childcare centers are required to report information about coronavirus outbreaks to the North Carolina…

Students are beginning to arrive back on campuses across the UNC System, and workers are concerned for their own safety amid early s of…

Students are beginning to arrive back on campuses across the UNC System, and workers are concerned for their own safety amid early s of…