More Than Just One Tragedy, or 25
As you read about this: MONTCOAL, W.Va. — The death toll from a blast at a West Virginia coal mine rose to 25 on Tuesday, federal safety officials said, making it the worst mining accident in the...
View ArticleRecipe for Disaster
A Mine Safety and Health Administration without necessary powers: The fines it levies are relatively small, and many go uncollected for years. It lacks subpoena power, a basic investigatory tool. Its...
View ArticleShort Takes
The number of unemployment claims has fallen slightly. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 448,000 in the week ended April 24, the Labor Department...
View ArticleRegulatory Agencies Fail
Why do we have ongoing problems with mines, oil spills, and problems with nuclear power plants? The sad, simple truth is that US regulatory agencies are failing us. From the NY Times: Federal...
View ArticleWorkers Memorial Day
It’s Workers Memorial Day—a time to honor, or at least stop and think about, the workers who have lost their lives on the job. While the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) has greatly decreased...
View ArticleOhio Right to Work Could Go to 2012 Ballot
When it comes to gathering signatures, Ohio working families hold the record. Last year, in response to the blitzkrieg passage of the union-busting Senate Bill 5, Ohioans across the state gathered 1.3...
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For Mainers, Attacks on Workers Compensation Is A Teachable Moment
by Matt Caston – Augusta, Maine For the past week, Working America canvassers have been knocking on doors and calling our members in order to defeat a bill that would endanger Maine’s Workers’...
View ArticleLatino Workers 50% More Likely to Be Killed on Job from Falls, Exposure and...
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that Latino workers are 50% more likely be killed on the job from falls and dangerous and unhealthy working conditions such as...
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Could Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Survive One of His Company’s Own Warehouses for a...
That’s the question Nancy Becker, an American employed by Amazon in Germany since 2001, asked as she trekked to Seattle this week to stand up for the rights of workers in the online retailer’s...
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Workers Memorial Day: Honor the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living
Today is the 25th annual Workers Memorial Day, and around the country workers, workplace safety activists and community and faith leaders are honoring the men and women killed on the job and renewing...
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The State of America’s Deadly Jobs, in 9 Charts
At The Huffington Post, Alissa Scheller has an article that includes nine charts that show very clearly the key takeaways from the AFL-CIO’s recent Death on the Job report. These charts explore the...
View ArticleStudy Finds Union Mines Safer, More Productive Than Nonunion
Once again, a study has shown that unionized coal mines are not only safer places to work than nonunion mines, but that union miners produce more coal. The study, by SNL Energy, found that in 2013...
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Rana Plaza, 2 Years Later: Garment Workers Under Siege
April 24 is the two-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,130 garment workers. The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center’s Tula Connell reports that in the months after...
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11 Things You Need to Know About Safety for Workers Memorial Day
Every year on April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplaces. This year, the...
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150 Workers Will Die Today
Despite significant advancements in workplace health and safety in the 44 years since the Occupational Safety and Health Act become law, today and every day 150 people will be killed on the job or die...
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