Budget cuts hampered response to giant fire, firefighters charge
LOS ANGELES - In the latest indication of how budget cuts endanger public safety, the firefighters union president says the mayor's slashes hampered the response to the huge Station Fire in September.
Transit workers’ rally highlights safety, budget woes
CLEVELAND - A rally protesting the Regional Transit Authority's refusal to address worker and rider safety in contract talks dramatized the challenge facing public transit systems in today's economic crisis.
Filmmakers launch 16deathsperday.com to strengthen worker safety laws
Sixteen workers die every day on the job. It's past time to do something about it.
Air traffic controllers: ‘Bring safety out of the 1950s’
Air traffic controllers want the Federal Aviation Administration to bring air traffic safety out of the 1950s and into the 21st century.
