safety – People's World

Steelworkers sue Trump EPA to save anti-chemical disaster rule

January 15, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Imagine putting the lives and health of 177 million U.S. residents – one of every two – at risk.

Profits before people: Boeing papers show employees hid 737 Max problems

January 10, 2020 By David Koenig

In one internal message, an employee told a colleague they wouldn’t let their family ride on a 737 Max.

Unsafe practices force Teamsters Canada to strike Canadian National Railway

November 26, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Your locomotive is pulling hundreds of cars along miles of track—and your boss forces you to hang on to the outside of the locomotive with one hand and drive the train with the other.

House approves nurse-pushed workplace violence bill

November 22, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

"To stop these attacks, this bill would require employers to develop violence prevention plans to mitigate risk factors in healthcare facilities."

Worse than Flint: Canadians face widespread lead contamination

November 4, 2019 By Martha Mendoza

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water.