Jamiyla Chisholm writes about arts and culture for the daily racial justice news website Colorlines. She is also an editorial consultant who leads creative web content at Barnard College.
This newly introduced bipartisan bill called the People Over Poison Act (H.R. 9528) seeks to mandate health warning labels on pesticides and restore consumers' rights to sue chemical manufacturers.
Because unions provide a voice on wages, safety, and other issues, they empower workers at a moment when a depressing sense of helplessness haunts many other Americans.