The BP Texas City oil plant blast: What’s changed and what hasn’t
Nine years ago, on March 23, 2005, the British Petroleum oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, an hour south of Houston, in so many words, blew up.
Today in labor history: Deadly chemical plant explosion in 1971
On Feb. 3, 1971 there was a major explosion at the Thiokol Chemical Plant located near Woodbine, Georgia.
Today in labor history: 109 coal miners die in explosion
The coal miners were underpaid Eastern Europeans who were told not to complain about their substandard and dangerous working conditons.
When miners’ children died: Italian Hall massacre, 100 years later
The disaster shook the people of Calumet and surrounding communities in the copper-rich Keweenaw region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Today in labor history: Worst-ever U.S. mine disaster occurs
1907 was a particularly troubling year in West Virginia, during which a total of 3,242 people were killed in mining accidents.
Unions organizing aid for Philippines, Midwest disasters
The typhoon destroyed several hospitals, along with homes, schools, power lines, bridges and virtually everything else.
Oct. 8 in Labor History: The Great Chicago Fire
In addition to 300 dead there were 100,000 left homeless. When the fire destroyed the waterworks, the city's water supply was cut off and the firefighters were forced to give up.
Today in labor history: Wreck of the Old 97
The derailment left 11 of the eighteen on board dead and the remaining seven injured. Among the dead were engineer Broady, the conductor, and the flagman.
Anti-union greed the killer in Philly building collapse
Six people who died here June 5 have been described as being "of different backgrounds and classes."
Another Bangladesh factory collapse: Hundreds of casualties
Officials said they expected the death toll to rise.
