Worker Safety
OSHA goes after Ohio Bell for punishing injured workers
February 27, 2014OSHA is really pissed off at Ohio Bell, especially when it disciplines workers for reporting on-the-job injuries that would be considered "little things."
Read moreFeds hit Houston oil pipe firm with $1m safety violation fine
January 2, 2012OSHA inspectors found 13 willful violations, with a fine of $70,000 each, including unguarded presses, no guards on machines for cutting I-beams, and pipes and no brakes on overhead cranes.
Read moreBig business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate
February 11, 2011Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the...
Read moreUnion happy with new Obama crackdown on mine owners
February 8, 2011Mine workers welcome Obama's plan to make it easier in cracking down on coal companies that are constant safety violators. However specific rules need to be enforced in order to further erode the systemic problem, unions...
Read moreFamily charges corporate manslaughter in UK worker’s death
October 12, 2010Almost six years after Mark Wright was killed in a workplace explosion the case has still not come to court. Similar to the U.S. and worker safety, there's a long road to justice in the UK,...
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