California Makes Major Move to Protect Refinery Workers (and communities in their shadow)
It’s not all bad news out there. While Washington sucks workers down into an abyss of corporate anarchy, the State…
Truckers: Modern-Day Indentured Servants
Despite the political setback last November, some of us still believe that the arc of justice for working people bends…
Weekly Toll: The Tragedies Never End
Construction Worker Dies After Falling From Brooklyn Building: NYPD New York, NY — A construction worker fell from a building…
Some Bad News (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…
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…
If CSB Swims with the Fishes; American People Suffer the Consequences
America, we have a problem. And it promises to get worse. 2 Killed in Explosion at West Virginia Industrial Plant…
Weekly Toll: Memorial Day Edition
Owner killed in explosion PHILIPPI, WV — After further investigation of an explosion in Barbour County on Wednesday, the Occupational…
Tesla: Futuristic Cars, Same Old Worker Injuries
Tesla may make shiny, new, innovative, futuristic American automobiles, but the relentless pace at which it pushes its workers is…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
The latest list of workers not coming home at the end of the shift Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston…
Weekly Toll: Remembering Those Who Aren’t Coming Home
The latest deaths in the workplace, at least as many as I can locate. Lots of vehicle related fatalities this…