An Open Letter to ICE Agents
To the men and women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: I write to you not as an adversary, but…
How Workers Died Last Week: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Two separate trench collapses, trash compacter, falls, snowplow, demolition, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Washington Post’s Road to Anti-Union Perdition
The Washington Post has never been an especially labor-friendly organization. I first learned this in 1977 when potential future housemates…
Give Workers the Gift of Kindness When Shopping for the Holidays
It’s that time of year again. Holiday lights are up; there’s a Christmas tree in the town square. The Hanukkah…
2025 Holiday Book List
No doubt about it. It’s been a shit year. But there’s good news — especially for those of you who…
Baby It’s Cold Outside!
There’s no snow on the ground, but it’s windy and cold here in Boston this morning – 18°F as I…
The Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, tree care, forklift, railroad, construction, stabbing, falls, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Trouble in Republican Paradise? Mineworkers Don’t Want to Die
News Flash: Some Republican politicians think it might be a bad idea to kill their constituents.
Death by Deregulation: MSHA to Roll Back Miners’ Silica Protections
On April 18, 2024 the Biden administration issued a long awaited new silica rule to protect coal miners — more…
Donald Trump’s Mad Love of Coal Versus the Miners Who Pay for It with Their Lives
This past April, President Donald J. Trump issued one of the wackiest, fact-challenged and ineffective executive orders of his second…