workplace safety
Senators to Verizon subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination
December 3, 2018Nine U.S. senators demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor that runs its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high levels of pregnancy discrimination there – and take definitive detailed steps to stop it.
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What was the life of this guest worker worth?
August 17, 2018While Washington state agencies reduce farmworker pay and find employers faultless for a death in the fields, Trump and congressional Republicans back proposals to turn farmworking into permanent indentured servitude.
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The stakes for workers’ rights in 2014
November 12, 2013We are now in the midst of a full-fledged class war against America's working people. Those directly firing the shots at the U.S. working class are an array of state lawmakers bought and paid for by...
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Chinese officials slam negligence in deadly poultry plant fire
June 7, 2013China's top work safety official issued a stinging criticism of company management and government regulatory efforts following Monday's deadly poultry plant fire that killed 120 and injured 77.
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Feds push to cut deadly coal dust by half
October 27, 2010The United Mine Workers hailed as "a tremendous step forward" a decision by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to cut coal miners' exposure to lethal coal mine dust in half.
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