safety
Report: Fatal crash wouldn’t have happened with proper backup
May 20, 2016Unions and workers have been campaigning for years to keep 2-person crews on all freight and passenger trains, citing safety reasons.
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Free speech, or safe spaces? Don’t make students choose
May 17, 2016We must challenge the problematic constructs in society that have driven young activists to seek sanctuary, and provide them with the room to create.
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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.
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AFL-CIO: Workplace deaths, injuries on the rise
April 28, 2016"Too many workers remain at serious risk of injury, illness or death. There is much more work to be done."
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Railroad whistleblowers face retaliation, urge OSHA prosecutions, heftier fines
April 28, 2016OSHA's role needs strengthening, because "even as a union officer, I'm not that well-protected," said one worker.
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