health and safety

Unions decline, construction worker deaths soar

February 15, 2017 By Sam Pizzigati

Of the 31 New York construction workers killed in the last two years, 29 were working non-union jobs

Union sues to stop Trump from killing workers’ protections

February 9, 2017 By Larry Rubin And Mark Gruenberg

Trump’s executive order “violates common sense.”

Lawbreaking companies getting 40 percent of federal contract dollars

December 12, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

The companies’ violations of minimum wage laws alone cost workers an estimated $1.6 billion to $2.5 billion yearly, a new report says.

For this worker, Indian Point nuclear leak was no surprise

February 23, 2016 By David Mirtz

As an ironworker you can end up working in some interesting places; Indian Point nuclear plant, about an hour north of New York City along the Hudson River, was one of them.

Arkansas poultry workers see wages plucked

February 9, 2016 By C.J. Atkins

Tyson Foods delivered the news to shareholders that its income soared by 49 percent; but the poultry workers who made all this money for the chicken titan face serious struggles.