safety
OSHA’s Barab walks fine line on firms’ ‘voluntary protection’
July 10, 2012House Republicans demand OSHA emphasize its Voluntary Protection Program while unions and the GAO say OSHA doesn't have the staff to monitor VPP firms' performance.
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Today in labor history: The Johnstown mine disaster
July 10, 2012On July 10, 1902, a powerful explosion occurred in the Rolling Mill coal mine in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Most of the 112 miners who lost their lives in this disaster were immigrants from England, Poland and Slovakia....
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Contractors’ drug-free ‘pledge’ or the real thing?
July 9, 2012Some arguments can best be won with the opportune use of a good example.
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Union workers reject Crystal Sugar’s concession demands
July 6, 2012A total of 82 percent of union members voted on the demands. Of those, 63 percent voted to reject Crystal's contract offer.
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Some Republican anti-labor moves derailed, the fight goes on
June 20, 2012Three narrow votes in a key Senate committee and some crafty maneuvering by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derailed anti-labor schemes that right-wing Republican senators hatched and floated in mid-June.
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