Gaming the System: How Wealthy Coal Operators are Undermining the Solvency of the Black Lung Benefits Program
The following post is somewhat long and complicated. Read it anyway. At its core, this is the same age-old story…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Last Week workers were killed in explosions, falls, shootings, tree cutting, vehicle incidents and trapped in a freezer. On average,…
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
I just finished a post about how a hidden provision of the Republican debt limit extortion bill would kill OSHA…
Republicans Weaponize Debt Limit Fight to Destroy Worker Protections
Republicans are coming after worker protections, in Congress and in the courts — yet again. This time in a little-noticed…
Gordon Lightfoot and the Edmund Fitzgerald. RIP
As you may be aware, one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Gordon Lightfoot, died earlier this week at the age of…
Weekly Toll: Mourning for the Dead
Last Week was Workers Memorial Day. Workers were killed in yet another trench collapse, petroleum plant explosion, falls, shootings, tree…
2023 Workers Memorial Day: Every Worker is More than a Number
Workers Memorial Day, as you’re all aware, is a day to mourn for those killed in the workplace and fight…
Workers Memorial Day: Mourn for Tony Rice, and Fight for All Public Employees
Today is Workers Memorial day where we’re supposed to mourn for all workers killed on the job and fight for…
Workers Memorial Day in a Month of Disasters
Today is Workers Memorial Day, a day dedicated — in labor organizer Mother Jones’ words — to mourn for the…
Of Birds and Men: DuPont, Corporate Penalties and the Law
Just over 18 years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Of Fish and Men” where I observed that “The penalty…