safety Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/safety/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png safety Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/safety/ 32 32 163009088 Essential workers contract COVID-19 statewide, giving demands a deadly urgency https://www.chicagoreporter.com/essential-workers-contract-covid-19-statewide-giving-demands-a-deadly-urgency/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/essential-workers-contract-covid-19-statewide-giving-demands-a-deadly-urgency/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:25:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5775648 Chicago Amazon and Instacart workers join a wave of strikes around the country pushing for warehouse safety, sick leave and more.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/essential-workers-contract-covid-19-statewide-giving-demands-a-deadly-urgency/feed/ 0 5775648 Report: Amazon workers’ injuries spike during holiday season at Illinois facility https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:15:56 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5208945 Safety records obtained by the Warehouse Workers for Justice build on recent reporting by Reveal finding that warehouse injury rates climb with automation.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/feed/ 0 5208945 Ride With Me – a new way for youth to safely get around Chicago https://www.chicagoreporter.com/ride-with-me-a-new-way-for-youth-to-safely-get-around-chicago/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/ride-with-me-a-new-way-for-youth-to-safely-get-around-chicago/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:00:21 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=63690 Meet Jackie Moore, one of the creators behind an app designed to help young people access and organize safe transportation options.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/ride-with-me-a-new-way-for-youth-to-safely-get-around-chicago/feed/ 0 63690 Teach social-emotional learning for better schools, safer neighborhoods https://www.chicagoreporter.com/teach-social-emotional-learning-better-schools-safer-neighborhoods/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/teach-social-emotional-learning-better-schools-safer-neighborhoods/#respond Thu, 16 May 2013 16:39:36 +0000 http://catalystchicago.dev.cshp.co/teach-social-emotional-learning-better-schools-safer-neighborhoods/ We believe that if children are taught sound decision-making, relationship-building, conflict management and other valuable life skills from pre-school through 12th grade, more of them will choose to go to college or the work force instead of joining gangs and participating in negative activity that will only land them in jail before they begin their lives.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/teach-social-emotional-learning-better-schools-safer-neighborhoods/feed/ 0 491063 To stop violence, start with the youngest children https://www.chicagoreporter.com/stop-violence-start-youngest-children/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/stop-violence-start-youngest-children/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:18:00 +0000 http://catalystchicago.dev.cshp.co/stop-violence-start-youngest-children/ As the prison sentences are handed down in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert, this is also a time to reflect and question: What sparks such violence? At what age are children making critical, life-changing decisions about involvement in violent acts? How can communities— and especially schools—respond to help students?

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