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Heat

Mamdani Acts to Protect NYC Workers from Heat Hazards

June 26, 2026 Jordan Barab
Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

The Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week

June 23, 2026 Aina Atienza
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll

Dead on the Job: The Weekly Toll

June 15, 2026 Aina Atienza
Trump

Human Cockfighting: Lions and Gladiators at the White House Coliseum

June 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
Workers Compensation

Injured Workers Deserve Justice

June 11, 2026 Peter Dooley
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Mamdani Acts to Protect NYC Workers from Heat Hazards
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The Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
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Human Cockfighting: Lions and Gladiators at the White House Coliseum
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Friday Night Massacre at Mine Safety Review Commission

May 7, 2026 Jordan Barab

Trump political retribution and the ghost of DOGE (remember that?) are still alive and finally reaching down into the smallest…

Fall Prevention Weekly Toll

Workplace Fatalities: The Weekly Toll

May 5, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: Four killed falling from roofs, crushed to death, machinery, overturned vehicles, entrapment incident, medical episode,…

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The Negligence Just Keeps Piling Up: The Bi-Weekly Toll

April 29, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: electrocutions, tunnel collapse, explosion, falling, rollovers, brush fire, grain-bin, crushed by construction lift, vehicular collisions,…

Workers Memorial Day

Remembering Our Nation’s Fallen Workers

April 28, 2026 Kathleen Rest

More than 50 years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act to ensure that all working men and…

State Plan States

The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection

April 21, 2026 Garrett Brown

Of the 21 states (and Puerto Rico) who run their own OSHA programs, CalOSHA is often held up as the…

Heat

OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard

April 16, 2026 Jordan Barab

It’s that time of year and it’s starting to get hot out there. Lacking any noticeable progress on an enforceable…

Chemical Standards Environmental Protection Agency

Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law: Bad for People, Worse for Workers

April 16, 2026 Rena Steinzor

Tracking the activities of President Trump and his people makes me feel like I am standing in the path of…

Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll

April 14, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: trench collapse, parking lot collapse, crushed by a forklift, tanker truck explosion, pinned under pipes,…

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No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard

April 8, 2026 Kathleen Rest

Before one small step for man, there are millions of very ordinary steps—clocking in. The safe and successful launch of…

Budget Chemical Safety Board Enforcement NIOSH

Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster

April 8, 2026 Jordan Barab

Welcome to Groundhog Day 2027. Last year, Donald Trump, that shell of a man living in the soon-to-be half demolished…

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