Weekly Toll: Lots of Tragedy This Week
3 Amarillo men die when detached trailer crashes into road workers Amarillo, TX — Three Amarillo men died and two…
Industry calls EPA Proposal to Ban Bathtub Stripper a “Blatant and raw power grab”
Seventeen workers dying between 2000 and 2015 isn’t enough to convince the methylene chloride industry that more is needed than…
Dead in a Bathtub at 21
On April 28, while thousands of Americans were commemorating Workers Memorial Day, 21 year old Kevin Hartley was hard at…
FLASH: Trump to visit Department of Labor
Just got word that President Trump (yes, that President Trump) will be visiting the Department of Labor Next Wednesday, where…
Acosta’s Harwood Grant Distortions
We will be discussing the President’s proposed FY18 Budget Proposal and its effect on worker safety many times over the…
Acosta Accosted
By Scott Schneider Thanks to Scott Schneider for filling us in on Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta’s hearing this morning…
Secretary Acosta Testifies Before House Approps Committee Tomorrow
Secretary of Labor Acosta testifies tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10:00 AM about the President’s FY 2018 DOL budget proposal. I won’t…
Some Bad New (about NY Dairy Workers), But Also Good News: Read All About It in Short Stuff
Milking the Workers? Farm worker advocates have published a survey of mostly undocumented Hispanic workers that describes discrimination and workplace…
Trump Administration Continues to Attack Worker Protections
The New York Times takes another look at Obama administration worker protections that are being “revisited” in the early months…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Milford Woman In Norwood Skyline Fall Dies MILFORD, MA — A worker who fell through a skyline on Broadway in…