Today in Labor History: Wildfire kills 78 firefighters
It is believed to be the largest fire in U.S. history and the deadliest until the September 11 attacks in 2001
Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
Nurses to strike this week at Bay Area hospitals
Concerns about safe staffing levels are one cause of the planned strikes: RNs are unable to take meal and rest breaks without leaving patients with inadequate staffing care
AFGE: Veterans Affairs Dept. problems include retaliating vs. whistleblowers
"When they have sounded the alarm our members faced retaliation and intimidation. No one should have to choose between keeping their job and speaking out about threats to patient care."
For the W. Va. and Turkish Miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 Nov. 1920
Diane Gilliam Fisher is a true poet of miners, their communities, their culture and families.
Community and labor unite in fundraiser for VW workers
Chattanooga for Workers hosted a potluck fundraiser to help send some Volkswagen workers to Washington DC for a national speak out on the truth about working at Volkswagen.
Workers Memorial Day to highlight jobs that kill
Eddie Mallon is 70 years old. As a Laborers Local 147 member in New York, he worked as a sandhog for 44 years. He doesn't now, because that job - eventually - will kill him.
Today in eco-history: Deadly Texas City disaster
On April 16, 1947, a fire broke out aboard a freighter igniting approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate (a compound used to make dynamite) in the ship's hold. Texas City exploded.
Regulatory oversight weak in aftermath of Texas City oil plant blast
But OSHA is so short-staffed, say the Steel Workers who represent the workers at Texas City that an average U.S. refinery would get a PSM inspection once every 120 years.
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.
