OSHA goes after Ohio Bell for punishing injured workers
OSHA is really pissed off at Ohio Bell, especially when it disciplines workers for reporting on-the-job injuries that would be considered "little things."
Unions-workers' centers unity results in wage and safety wins
Labor unions, including some that did not at first like the idea, say that hooking up with nonunion workers' centers has helped them make gains, including growing their own memberships.
Power company continues lockout despite big snowstorm
Utility Workers Union of America System Local 102 today strongly criticized the continuing lockout of nearly 150 utility workers.
NNU: Big hospital chain retaliates vs. nurses who led patient safety campaign
"These disgraceful firings are being carried out in direct retaliation for the public advocacy of these courageous nurses."
First Energy: Locks out workers, blacks out customers
It was just after sunrise only three days before Thanksgiving, that security guards clamped locks on the gates at FirstEnergy in central Pennsylvania, barring 150 workers from their jobs.
Today in labor history: The Pemberton Mill disaster
In the worst industrial disaster in Mass. state history, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence collapsed on January 10, 1860, trapping 900 workers, most of them recent immigrants, many women and children.
Miners’ deaths increased in 2013
Deaths in the nation's mines rose from 36 in 2012 to 42 in 2013, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported.
Plant owner gets 20 years in slammer for workers' deaths
OSHA's investigation of the 2010 explosion at a gunpowder plant in Colebrook, N.H., resulted in the issuance of 16 willful and more than 30 serious safety violation citations, along with a $1.2 million penalty
Today in labor history: Death of unionist Karen Silkwood
Her life was featured in Silkwood (1983), an Academy Award-nominated film based on an original screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.
Senator: Coal mine owners treat workers as "property"
WASHINGTON (PAI)-The nation's coal mine owners "so victimize" their workers that the workers "come as close to being property as anyone I can imagine," a leading congressional advocate for the miners says.
