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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

January 19, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?

January 19, 2026 Jordan Barab
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The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families

January 16, 2026 Kathleen Rest
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025

January 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
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Brett Kavanaugh OSHA
Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
Public Employees Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
Uncategorized
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
Labor
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Labor Unions

Good Union News. What?

October 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Most of the news you hear about the state of the labor movement these days is either bad…or worse. Falling…

Fatalities

Just Another Day In The Workplace

October 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

I get a lot of health and safety-related news alerts emailed to be every day. Some days are worse than…

Environmental Protection Agency Hurricane Harvey Labor Unions Short Stuff Silica

Short Stuff: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Safe Workplaces

October 25, 2017 Jordan Barab

Bad News For Supporters of Silica-related Disease: As of October 23, OSHA’s Silica rule has finally come into full effect.…

Blame the Worker Lac Megantic Railroads

Lac-Mégantic Trial Reveals More Damning Evidence

October 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people due to a train carrying 73 cars…

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Technical Problems: And A Baseball Great

October 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

I’ve been having serious technical problems today which I always find frustrating. So to get my mind off of that,…

Fires and Firefighting

California Fires: Firefighters Aren’t The Only Ones At Risk

October 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

Over 40 people have been killed in the California fires. All but one, so far, have been residents; only one…

OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

When VPP Companies Kill

October 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

Over the past month, two workers have been killed at companies participating in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs: Nucor Steel in…

OSHA

What’s Going On Inside OSHA?

October 19, 2017 Jordan Barab

Back from vacation and checking in with people to see what’s going on a the agency charged with assuring the…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

The Weekly Toll: Three Weeks and the List Goes On and On and On

October 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

Auto shop worker fatally pinned in Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) — Police say the death of an auto shop worker…

Fatalities

What Does an Employer Do When a Worker Dies on the Job? Know Thyself.

October 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

Earlier this week, I wrote a piece critical of an article about worker fatigue that seemed to put the blame…

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