health and safety
A new federal rule seeks to protect miners from black lung disease
April 19, 2024Miners say the "overdue" regulation's success will depend upon effective enforcement.
Read more$600M settlement of East Palestine derailment class action suit draws flak
April 12, 2024Rail workers’ union has yet to discuss the case.
Read moreAFL-CIO, Building Trades hail EPA’s asbestos ban
March 25, 2024In six months bans on asbestos still used in car brakes, linings, and gaskets will be banned.
Read moreUnions demand Congress keep ban on ‘ghost guns’
March 22, 2024Guns with no metal in them can go through airport, bus, and train detectors and threaten transport workers.
Read moreAlec Baldwin’s magic bullet: The rush to ‘Rust’
February 5, 2024Baldwin as producer was at least partly responsible for a set that, because of skimping on a sparse budget and rushing into production, was a maze of tensions, a tempest ready to burst.
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