Save Harwood. Here’s the easy way to Contact Your Congressperson
Labor Secretary Acosta just finished his last hearing before the Senate on the Department of Labor’s FY 2018 budget. We’ll…
OSHA Proposes to Delay Recordkeeping Rule
OSHA has officially announced a proposal to delay the reporting requirements of its “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses”…
Weekly Toll: Workers Dying Every Day
Worker dies in accident at Weitsman facility Oswego, NY — An employee at Ben Weitsman & Son’s facility in Owego…
Breaking: OSHA Launches Rollback of Beryllium Worker Protections
Less than half a year after workers finally received long overdue protections against deadly beryllium dust, the Trump administration has…
Kill Workers. Don’t Respond. Repeat.
So what’s going on here? OSHA investigates second fatal explosion in a month at Barbour Co., WV plant ARDEN, W.Va.…
Lead Poisoning, Murder, and Trump’s Father-Daughter War on Workers: Short Stuff
Get the Lead Out: Joe Rubin at Huffington Post has a troubling story of how the California Department of Public…
“Verbally abused, cursed, spit on” New York’s Transit Employees
“My conductors, on a weekly basis, are either verbally or physically assaulted.” Two assaults were reported recently, he said, including…
California Makes Major Move to Protect Refinery Workers (and communities in their shadow)
It’s not all bad news out there. While Washington sucks workers down into an abyss of corporate anarchy, the State…
Truckers: Modern-Day Indentured Servants
Despite the political setback last November, some of us still believe that the arc of justice for working people bends…
Weekly Toll: The Tragedies Never End
Construction Worker Dies After Falling From Brooklyn Building: NYPD New York, NY — A construction worker fell from a building…