disasters
Teamsters: railroads won’t spend money on track maintenance
April 10, 2015"U.S. railroads now transport 400,000 tank-car loads of oil yearly, passing through thousands of cities, towns, and communities where we live."
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Today in women’s and labor history: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
March 25, 2015A total of 146 workers - almost all of them immigrant women - were killed in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
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On anniversary of BP blast, judge speaks out for strikers
March 12, 2015The former judge who heard the 4,016 cases in the explosion's aftermath is speaking out for the strikers.
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Mine owner could get up to 30 years for West Virginia deaths
March 12, 2015"When safety standards are cut, miners die. It's that simple. Let's not get to that point."
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New report says oil trains endanger 25 million
February 24, 2015"People, wildlife, rivers, and lakes will pay a huge cost for the government's failure to act. It's only a matter of time before the next explosive accident."
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