Feds hit Houston oil pipe firm with $1m safety violation fine
OSHA inspectors found 13 willful violations, with a fine of $70,000 each, including unguarded presses, no guards on machines for cutting I-beams, and pipes and no brakes on overhead cranes.
Refinery safety tops Steelworkers' oil bargaining goals
Vast improvements in oil refinery safety will be the top bargaining goal of the Steelworkers (USW) when they open talks with the nation's oil companies on a new contract, the union announced.
Armored vehicle operators form union, demand respect
The union's slogan is "United we bargain, divided we beg."
Labor history: 2011 marks unhappy anniversary on job safety
The year 2011 should serve as a reminder of how far the U.S. has come on job safety issues - and how far it has yet to go.
GOP's opposition to voting rule caused 4,000 FAA layoffs
Republican congressional opposition to a rule covering union elections among airline and railroad workers led to a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration and the layoff of 4,000 FAA workers at midnight on July 22.
Locked out on the Great Lakes
The epidemic of corporate greed sweeping our nation is alive and well on the Great Lakes.
Uranium plant, run by scabs, fined for toxic leak
An accident at a uranium-processing plant in Metropolis, Ill, shows the danger of using scab labor in a plant that requires sophisticated and trained workers.
It's union time at America's airports!
After a ten-year struggle, 40,000 workers at 450 airports across the nation are celebrating today after choosing the AFGE as their union and sole bargaining agent.
New Yorkers keep Triangle fire legacy alive
NEW YORK (March 25) - Thousands of New Yorkers marked the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history - the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire - with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died.
Triangle fire memorial draws parallels with today
WASHINGTON (PAI) - A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire drew uncomfortable parallels with conditions facing workers today. The fire in Manhattan killed 146 young immigrant workers, almost all of them women.
