Steelworkers lobby for jobs, jobs, jobs -- good, green and safe
WASHINGTON — "Our people want to work!" Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio declared at the 1,000-strong Steelworker Rapid Response Conference here on May 6.
Obama at miners’ memorial asks ‘How can we fail them?’
"How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them?" the president said to the thousands at Sunday's memorial in Beckley, W.Va.
Safety high on the agenda for Workers Memorial Day
According to Leo Gerard, president of the United Steel Workers, "The most important thing to come out of a mine is the miner."
Mine union leader on Massey CEO: Handcuff and jail him!
West Virginia coal miners stopped work April 16 to mourn the 29 killed at the Massey Energy mine, and President Obama ordered a top-to-bottom review of mine safety enforcement.
Massey CEO to miners: I will close this mine if you vote union
"This guy, making $30-some million in 2005, went inside the coal mine and sat down with every single worker and said: 'If you vote for the union, you're not going to have a job because I will close this mine down.'"
Union-buster Massey Energy cited 2118 times for safety violations
Standing near the portal of the Massey Energy mine where at least 25 miners have died in a deadly explosion, Joe Main, assistant labor secretary for Mine Safety and Health, vowed to "turn over every rock" to get to the bottom of the cause of the April 5 tragedy.
For the Massey miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 November 1920
As a memorial for the 25 miners who lost their lives this past week in Montcoal, W. Va., at the Massey Energy mine, this poem says more than 100 articles.
Deadly explosions kill 31 energy workers in one week
ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25 miners, a deadly toll of 31 energy workers in less than a week.
Labor Dept.sends message to bosses: shape up
President Obama plans to beef up workplace regulations.
At nation’s airports, security officers battle for a union
The workers protecting air travelers' security are up against "favoritism, cronyism and nepotism" that is "rampant in all the airports."
