Federal safety regulators are urging consumers to stop using baby pillows that have been linked to 10 infant deaths but are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite being recalled two years ago.

The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor organization has died at age 72.

But it faces an all-but-certain Republican blockade in a narrowly divided Senate and is unlikely to become law. Ad“I’ve heard Democrats argue that it’s the unions that built the middle class,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the senior Republican on the House labor panel. And what this bill does is take away their freedom.”Labor unions have long been a bedrock of Democratic support. “This far-reaching legislation is nothing more than an union boss wish list,” said Foxx, who led Republican debate on the bill. Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Good excoriated the bill, saying it would effectively “funnel money to Democrats” by allowing unions to collect additional dues.

All rights reserved)HARRISBURG, Pa. Presidential candidate Joe Biden is back in Pennsylvania for in-person campaigning on Labor Day. His first stop of the day was in Lancaster, for a backyard round-table discussion with union members, who are also military veterans. Bidens trip to Pennsylvania is to focus on the states workforce and issues facing working families. Biden also traveled to Harrisburg, where he will meet with the president of the AFL-CIO and hold a virtual question and answer session with union members. Watch the live coverage of the AFL-CIO meeting below:

The Trump administration does not have to issue an emergency rule requiring employers to protect workers from the coronavirus, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON The Trump administration does not have to issue an emergency rule requiring employers to protect workers from the coronavirus, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. A top labor union sued the Occupational Health and Safety Administration last month seeking to compel it to issue an emergency temporary standard on the coronavirus. The decision not to issue an ETS "is entitled to considerable deference,'' the court said. The agency has issued at least nine workplace guidance notices since March 9, including a joint statement with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intended to protect workers in meatpacking and processing industries.