Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
How workers died last week. Fumes from pig barn, tree service, crushed under a steam roller, falls, forklift, fire fighting,…
Weekly Toll: Tragedies During Holiday Time
How workers die. Trench Collapse, falls, machinery, forklift, explosion, rabies from bat bite, electrocution, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over…
Weekly Toll: Missing from Thanksgiving
How workers die. Falls, salt mine, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the…
Trump’s Labor Pick: The Best Clown in the Cabinet Clown Car?
Labor advocates may not be dancing in the streets, but they at least seem to be emitting a small (very…
2024 Holiday Book List
Come on and sing along: “It’s the most terrible time of our history…..” Or maybe this: “Bad King Donald Trump…
Poultry Industry Injury Numbers Need a Closer Look
Cover photo by Earl Dotter. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published its annual workplace injury and illness report for…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers die. Forklift, machinery, falls, tree trimming, electrocution, drowning, explosion, stabbing, shootings, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100…
Public Employees: Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough
Eric Weems, 52, a lineman working for the city of Griffin, Georgia, was killed on Nov. 13 in some kind…
Trump 2.0: Something Wicked This Way Comes
It’s time to turn off the endless World Series clips, crawl out from under the bed, collect the newspapers moldering…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers die. Forklift incidents, falls, drowning, train derailment, shooting, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…