Public Employees: Still Second-Class Citizens After 51 Years
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
“We mean nothing to no one” — Slaughter In The Trenches
It never stops. Two workers, Juan Baez-Sanchez, 42, and Victoriano Garcia-Perez, 56, both Mexican immigrants, died in the collapse of…
Weekly Toll: Kavanaugh Testifies, While Workers Continue to Die
Firefighter dies after propane tank explodes in Tilford Rapid City, SD — A local firefighter died Friday afternoon while fighting…
Worker Killed In Trench Collapse — Again. Why? And What Can Be Done?
Another in a continuing, never-ending series on the tragedy of preventable trench collapses (and the journalism that accompanies them.) Anthony…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Over the Past Two Weeks
2 firefighters killed as blaze rages in northern California REDDING, CALIF. —The National Park Service reports a second firefighter has died…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths Over the Last Two Weeks
I took a week off compiling this list. No change in the deadly work that American workers do, except that workers…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
Genesee Power Station employee dies in workplace accident FLINT, MI – An employee died in an industrial accident at the Genesee…
Weekly Toll: Memorial Day Edition
Today is Memorial Day when we remember those who gave their lives defending this country and the freedoms we defend…
Workers Memorial Day Around the Country
Workers Memorial Day events were held around the world last weekend. Here are some articles about many of the US events. Others…
The Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…