job safety
AFL-CIO: Trump job safety rollbacks endanger workers’ lives
April 26, 2019Zachary Hess died on the job. And the AFL-CIO is warning there could be more Zachary Hesses, thanks to Donald Trump.
Read moreCrushed hands show need for not crushing job safety protections
March 22, 2017Congressional Republicans and Trump, however, aren’t listening.
Read moreWorkers Memorial Day to highlight jobs that kill
April 23, 2014Eddie Mallon is 70 years old. As a Laborers Local 147 member in New York, he worked as a sandhog for 44 years. He doesn't now, because that job - eventually - will kill him.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Frances Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
March 4, 2013The appointment on March 4, 1933, made Perkins the first female cabinet member in U.S. history. She helped bring about the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Social Security Act
Read morePaper workers deal with death on the job
July 20, 2012Jon Maus' name may not have specifically come up at the bargaining conference in of the paperworkers, but his horrifying death did.
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