Rail Strike: Which Side Are You On?
When last we discussed employer greed labor problems in the rail industry, President Joe “the most labor-friendly President in American…
Lessons of the Averted Rail Strike
And we have an agreement…. I was over at the Department of Labor building yesterday and there were paper signs…
Crippling Rail Strike Looms as Rail Companies Refuse to Address Workers’ Concerns
Rail companies' sceduling policies force railworkers to strike.
Trench Deaths: Failure to Learn
I’m frustrated. Every few months I go on a tirade about workers who are needlessly suffocated and crushed to death…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Safety and Labor
Most Influential In our Hearts: Despite the global campaign championing Rory O’Neill for the most influential individual in health and…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Labor and Workplace Safety
Undocumented Workers Deserve Safe Workplaces: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not distinguish between American citizens and undocumented workers…
Mine Workers Sue MSHA Over Lifting Enforcement Action
Things have been somewhat quiet lately in the world of mine safety and health. We wrote earlier about the troubling…
What’s in a Name? House Labor Committee Reborn
In one of the first moves of the soon-to-be Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives, Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott…
Cheer Up: More Bad News
The sorry attempt to place Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court isn’t the only bad news depressing us here at…
Groups Petition OSHA to Issue Heat Standard
Peggy Frank, a 63-year-old California postal worker — and also a mother and grandmother — died last week while working her usual route…