Labor – Page 525 – People's World

Feds hit Houston oil pipe firm with $1m safety violation fine

January 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

OSHA inspectors found 13 willful violations, with a fine of $70,000 each, including unguarded presses, no guards on machines for cutting I-beams, and pipes and no brakes on overhead cranes.

Wind industry blows off worker safety

December 22, 2011 By Blake Skylar

The wind industry has an ongoing situation that needs to be remedied; they have fallen short on worker safety.

West coast Occupy movement targets corporate giants at ports

December 13, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Occupy Oakland demonstrators shut down the Port of Oakland Dec. 12 as part of a West Coast-wide protest against giant corporations at ports from San Diego to Anchorage, Alaska.

Latin American labor making gains

December 7, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon

Some 80 participants attended from the U.S., Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Transport union defends members in airline bankruptcy

December 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The Transport Workers "will do everything possible" to vigorously protect 23,400 members who work for American Airlines and its American Eagle subsidiary as the carrier goes through bankruptcy, officials say.