Items Tagged with 'worker rights'

Preventing injuries starts with identifying workplace hazards before they lead to incidents.

One of the leading fabricators serving the metal roofing and construction industries earns top safety honors. 

The proposed rule would restore a streamlined economic reality test, with officials and industry groups citing clarity and flexibility for employers and independent workers.

With protests over ICE tactics spreading beyond Los Angeles, Roofing Contractor examined the data and discovered that Florida is the epicenter of immigration enforcement in roofing and construction. 

ICE y ocho agencias allanaron un sitio de viviendas estudiantiles en Tallahassee a fines de mayo, arrestando a más de 100 trabajadores. Desde enero, redadas coordinadas en seis estados han resultado en más de 200 arrestos, inquietando a los contratistas.

Agentes de ICE arrestaron a 11 trabajadores en una compañía de techos de Massachusetts y a cinco más en East Boston como parte de una operación federal contra supuestas contrataciones no autorizadas y violaciones migratorias.

As private equity reshapes roofing and consolidation shrinks distribution, employees face rising stress, lost identity and shaky morale. A new study illustrates how best to navigate the transition successfully.

ICE agents arrested 11 workers at a Massachusetts roofing company and five more in East Boston as part of a federal crackdown on alleged unauthorized hiring and immigration violations.