health and safety – Page 60

Safety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery

February 17, 2015 By Teresa Albano

The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.

Workers in Ohio and Indiana join USW strike against oil industry

February 10, 2015 By Combined Sources

"Management cannot continue to resist allowing workers a stronger voice on issues that could very well make the difference between life and death for too many of them."

Los Angeles-Long Beach port truckers again forced to strike

November 25, 2014 By PAI

Short-haul truckers at the nation's largest port again had to strike over terrible working conditions and employer exploitation.

NYC transit worker’s death prompts training reflection

April 29, 2013 By Gary Bono

Moore's tragic death marks the end of the longest period in the history of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) without the death of a union-represented worker on the tracks.

Mine owner to pay $210M for deadly explosion

December 7, 2011 By John Wojcik

The owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 died in an explosion agreed to pay $210 million, the biggest ever payout for a disaster the government blamed on "the ruthless pursuit of profits ahead...