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Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll

February 9, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA

February 6, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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NY Nurses Strike for Safety

February 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
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February 3, 2026 Aina Atienza
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I try to write about a lot of things, but can’t get to everything. Happily, there are a lot of…

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Weekly Toll: Workers Continue to Die In American Workplaces

September 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…

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Rick Burns: Labor Day In Memorium

September 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today is Labor Day, a day many of us spend celebrating the work of American workers and the labor movement…

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Post-Harvey Chemical Plant Start-Ups: Something Wicked This Way Comes

September 2, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Department of Labor yesterday announced a number of initiatives to address the impact of Hurricane Harvey. Among those was…

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Photo of the Week: Shoe Shine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

September 2, 2017 Jordan Barab

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Harvey: The Extent of the Disaster In Chemical Corridor

September 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

For Your Reading “Pleasure” The explosions in the Arkema Chemical plant in Crosby, Texas will most likely not be catastrophic.…

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Harvey Update: Flooded Chemical Plant Explodes. Trump Policies Increase Future Risk

September 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

Cable news and newspapers across the country are headlining the continuing explosions at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas,…

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Harvey: What Will OSHA Do?

August 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

The rain finally seems to be stopping in Texas, but the struggles there are just beginning as the huge job…

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August 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

Donald Trump is on his way to Springfield, Missouri today to deliver a major speech about tax cuts reform at…

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A Face For Radio

August 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

I was on WTOP Radio at noon today to talk about OSHA’s removal of the list of workplace fatalities from…

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