health
Lack of OSHA inspectors, plus corporate greed: a recipe for worker abuse
May 16, 2016This week a new report from Oxfam showed the ugliness of corporate greed in America's food processing plants.
Read moreLabor Dept. to coal mine owners: Pay black lung victims’ claims, then appeal
April 29, 2016The old appeal policy left hundreds of thousands of coal miners, disabled from black lung disease, usually without a penny of benefits before they died.
Read moreThis week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR
April 26, 2016Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.
Read moreFlint doctor awarded for exposing poisoned water; three officials get charged
April 21, 2016Meanwhile, the lead content of Flint water remains way above safe levels, and people are forced to use bottled water for drinking.
Read moreThink about immigration like a nurse
April 20, 2016If the nurse fears that if they check her documents she'll lose her job or worse, she likely won't have to think a long time before signing that union card.
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