Worker Safety
Trumka warns lawmakers: Don’t vote for quickie ‘New NAFTA’
April 2, 2019Even a stronger Mexican labor law, but without enforcement in place, won’t satisfy U.S. workers, or the U.S. labor movement.
Read moreUnion officials to Congress: U.S. ‘free trade’ pacts trash U.S. workers
April 2, 2019"It shouldn’t take years to bring a case against a country that allows for the intimidation, harassment and murder of labor leaders."
Read moreGuild backs bill making attacks on reporters a federal crime
February 21, 2018Reporters across the country need protection from both overly zealous cops and right wing demonstrators egged on by Trump's attacks on the press.
Read moreFatal on-the-job injuries rose by seven percent in 2016
December 27, 2017Growing economic sectors which receive little attention and oversight, such as health care and food services, saw jumps in death rates on the job.
Read moreThe price for killing workers must be prison
April 27, 2017Canadian law holds corporate officials criminally accountable when workers are killed on the job.
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