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.
Building trades unions: Remake the nation's infrastructure!
With GOP opposition keeping the federal government from moving on Obama-backed legislation that would create massive numbers of jobs, the unions, at their legislative conference mapped out specific proposals to get the job done.
Nurses demand that State Department vouch for safety of XL pipeline
The NNU believes the State Department has done an indequate review of what appears to be serious risks for public health posed by the pipeline.
Unions jump into the controversy over Keystone pipeline
Environmental activists, among them many union members, are escalating their protests against approval of the pipeline.
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.
Sherrod Brown, others talk green industrial revolution
When it comes to the transformation of the global economy from high-carbon, polluting energy sources to a more sustainable future, the U.S. risks falling behind.
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.
