NY Times Misses the Point on “Regulatory Fatigue”
Buried in paragraph 6 of an article on Page 11 of today’s New York Times — right next to an…
Dairy Workers: Suffocating in Manure
Tim Craig has written a very good, if disturbing article in the Washington Post about hazardous conditions for dairy farm…
Lost Both Arms and a Leg: Life and Death for Farmworkers
Intrepid Idaho Journalist Showcases Hazards Facing Farmworkers Dairy workers drown in manure pits. Farmworkers poisoned by pesticides. Limbs amputated. Electrocutions.…
Three Workers Killed in Corn Mill Explosion
In one of the biggest workplace disasters this year, three workers were killed in a massive explosion at the Didion…
Short Stuff: More Problems for Construction, Poultry Processing, Farms and Whistleblowers. So why doesn’t anyone want to work at DOL?
Do Not Pass go: The New York Times reports that “the owner of two Brooklyn construction companies was charged with…
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Raw Sewage and A Foot per Worker: The Labor Department filed a lawsuit against G Farms in El Mirage, Arizona…
Blood in your food: Injury and Death on Farms
There are many metaphors that are commonly used in Washington DC . One of those metaphors is to describe something…