Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
The Confined Space Endorsement: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
As we approach the most important election of our lifetime (yes, this time it really is), the Editorial Board of…
Massachusetts Decides if Uber & Lyft Drivers Have Rights
Have you taken an Uber or a Lyft lately? What do you know about these two app-based ride-sharing giants and…
As Election Nears, Teamsters Still Refuse to Endorse Harris
For the first time in three decades, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that it would not endorse a presidential…
North Carolinians: Elect Braxton Winston Labor Commissioner
North Carolinians: You get to vote for Labor Commissioner on November 5th. And it shouldn’t be a hard choice: Braxton…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
How workers died last week: Coal mining, Hurricane Helena, forklifts, falls, logging, vehicle incidents, stabbings and shootings. On average, over…
Tips Are On The Policy Menu
Almost anyone following current labor issues (or who works at a minimum wage job) knows that the federal minimum wage…
Impact Plastics and How Climate Change Threatens Workers
At least six workers in a Tennessee plastics factory are dead or missing after managers allegedly told them not to…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Death
How workers died last week: Forklift, logging, construction, machinery, vehicle incidents, shootings, hurricane work. On average, over 100 workers are…
Maryland Issues Workplace Heat Standard
Last week, in a little noticed statement in the Maryland Register, the Maryland Division of Labor and Industry announced the…