New Rail Deal May Still Be Doomed Over Scheduling Issues
Does this seem like a good way to attract loyal, dedicated, satisfied workers? Come work for the railroad. It’s a…
Weekly Toll: Crushed, Buried, Suffocated on the Job
Drowned in a trench, suffocated in a corn silo, crushed under a stone, Trench Collapse, grain silo suffocation, falls, burned…
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.
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Yet another Trench Collapse. Workers dead in industrial incidents, rail crashes, shootings, electrocutions and vehicle incidents. On average, almost 100…
Elise Stefanik and the Republican War on Workers
New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is a piece of work. This comes as no surprise to anyone who follows…
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
COVID Keeping Millions of Workers Off the Job COVID continues to take a major toll on the economy, and specifically…
Weekly Toll: Labor Day and Families Mourn
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
OSHA Plans Chemical Plant Safety Stakeholder Meeting
September is shaping up to be chemical plant safety month. First, EPA has scheduled public hearings for September 26, 27,…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…