Worker Safety

Dave Jamieson

More Workers Killed On Job In 2010, Labor Group Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: White House, House of Representatives, Workers, Workplace Deaths, Safety, Office of Management and Budget, Afl-Cio, Regulation, Mine Safety, Worker Safety, Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Death, Video, Workplace, Gop, Unions, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen U.S. workers were killed on the job each day and roughly 50,000 died from work-related diseases in 2010, a worrisome increase i...

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Dave Jamieson

Workers Fear Plan To Speed Up Chicken Processing Lines

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Chicken, Labor, Video, Usda Poultry Inspections, Workers, Labor Department, Tyson Foods, Poultry, Food Safety, Ufcw, Usda, Worker Safety, Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When he was working on a poultry processing line in northern Alabama last year, Jorge Polanco-Mercado watched new workers come and go al...

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Dave Jamieson

Life-Saving Regulation Languishes As Campaign Money Flows

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: White House, Homebuilders, Workers, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Office of Management and Budget, Regulation, Worker Safety, Rulemaking, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Worker Safety Rule, Video, Labor, Silica Rule, Construction, Campaign Money, Work Safety, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A federal rule meant to protect the lungs of workers has been caught in bureaucratic purgatory for more than a year now, frustrating pub...

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Dave Jamieson

Is Industry Pressure Delaying Safety Rule At White House?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: White House, Silicosis, Workers, Crystalline Silica, Silica, Silica Rule, Office of Management and Budget, Labor Department, Elections 2012, Department of Labor, Worker Safety, Osha, Safety Regulations, Barack Obama, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A long-awaited federal rule designed to protect workers in the construction and mining industries has been tied up in red tape at the Wh...

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How Government Fails To Deliver On Worker Safety

iWatch News | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Government Worker Safety, Labor Laws, Safety, Worker Safety, Safety Regulations, US Labor Laws, Business News

Persistent hazards at a top employer underscore regulators' mixed message -- and 'schizophrenic' tactics....

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Sweatshops in America

Taylor Leake | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Amazon.com, Workplace, Worker Safety, Worker's Rights, Workplace Safety, Impact News
Taylor Leake

The stories the Morning Call heard and published are pretty disturbing. This warehouse is, quite literally, a sweatshop.

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Dave Jamieson

GOP Targets Rule That Protects Rooftop Workers From Falling

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Msha, Video, Budget Cuts, Budget, Department of Labor, Workplace Safety, Worker Safety, Osha, House Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In addition to blocking President Obama's health care law and slashing funding for job training, the budget plan presented by House Repu...

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Health Enables Returns: Workplace Program for Women Delivers Business Benefits

Aron Cramer | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Women, Roi, Health, Herproject, Worker Safety, Factory Workers, Business Women, Business News
Aron Cramer

Many companies debate how business can align its objectives with urgent social needs. With the world's economy stuck in neutral, the opportunity to unlock women's potential is too important an opportunity to pass up.

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Lila Shapiro

The Decline in Workplace-Related Deaths

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Occupational-Safety-and-Health-Act, Workplace Deaths, Afl-Cio, Obama Administration, Death-on-the-Job, Workplace Safety, Osha, Worker Safety, Business News

NEW YORK -- The number of workplace-related deaths and injuries decreased slightly in 2009 according to the nation's largest labor union, but that's n...

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Key OSHA Safety Initiative Potentially Delayed Months by White House Nitpicking

Sidney Shapiro | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Oira, Workers, Osha, Worker Safety, Cass Sunstein, Business News
Sidney Shapiro

Last week, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) approved a survey to be conducted as part of the agency's efforts to develop an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) standard.

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Marcus Baram

Triangle Factory Fire's Legacy Under Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thewatchdog, Shirtwaist Factory, Triangle Fire, Issa Regulation, Safety Regulation, Triangle Factory Fire, Worker Safety, Osha, Regulation Chamber of Commerce, Video, Politics News

"We have been legislated to death." - James T. Hoyle, Secretary of the Manufacturers' Association, explaining his opposition to new laws proposed in t...

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New Documentary on Triangle Fire to Air Tonight on HBO

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hbo, Remember the Triangle Coalition, Triangle Fire, Unions, Worker Safety, New York News
Kate Kelly

"Triangle: Remembering the Fire" brings the 1911 story to life partly by interspersing period film and photographs with narration by descendants of Triangle workers.

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The Triangle Factory Fire Centennial and Why It Matters Today

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Studies at Hunter College, League of Women Voters, Women's eNews, Remember the Triangle Coalition, Worker Safety, Triangle Factory Fire, American Society of Safety Engineers, International Women's Day 2011, International Women's Day, New York News
Kate Kelly

One hundred years ago, 146 young immigrant workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. The value of the past is learning to avoid mistakes of the future. We need to listen; we need to remember.

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Prescription for Union Growth: Be Proactive, Take Risks

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Markets, Unemployment, Workers, Salary, Pensions, Jobs, Unionization, Construction, Unions, Worker Safety, Recession, IBEW., Afl-Cio, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Business News
Edwin D. Hill

We have built our reputation by working with our unionized contractors to provide the best-trained, safest and most productive electrical construction workforce in the world.

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Six Months After Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Republicans Still Obstructing Progress

Jake Blumgart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, Republican Obstructionism, Cry Wolf, Big Business, Mike Enzi, Mine Safety, Mine Explosion, Worker Safety, Upper Big Branch, Politics News
Jake Blumgart

If the Republicans and their industry allies are successful in sinking the Byrd Act, another option for worker safety reform won't present itself again soon, or at least until the next mine explodes.

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Gov't Report Slams Labor Dept's Whistleblower Program

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whistleblowers, US Labor Department, Center for Public Integrity, Worker Safety, Osha, Politics News
ProPublica

The federal agency responsible for worker safety isn't adequately protecting whistleblowers from retaliation by their employers, according to a report (PDF) released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.

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Sick for Beauty: Protect the Health of Nail Salon Workers!

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cosmetics, Beauty Industry, House-Worker-Protection-Subcommittee, Worker Safety, Health, Nail Salons, Toxic Chemicals, Congress, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Imagine how you would feel going to work every day and exposing yourself regularly to toxic chemicals that were eroding your health. Next time you get a mani/pedi, you should ask the same question.

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How to Prevent an Empty Economic Recovery

Janet Murguía | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Unemployment, Workers, Economic Crisis, Osha, Worker's Rights, Worker Safety, Quality of Life, Latino Prosperity, Politics News
Janet Murguía

During the North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, May 2-8, 2010, Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NC...

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A Worker's Life Is Worth: $175,000. A Crab's: Millions.

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BP Oil Spill, Worker Rights, Worker Safety, Osha, Corporate Greed, Business News
Eve Tahmincioglu

BP executives and managers have been screwing up for years when it comes to worker safety, and the recent deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon is only a continuation of a sad history for the company.

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Sacrificing safety

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Coast, Green Jobs, Green for Alll, Oil Spill, Dirty Energy, Ports, Clean Energy, Clean and Safe Ports, Worker Safety, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

The recent disasters in West Virginia and the Gulf Coast make one thing shockingly clear: the cost of dirty energy is too high for America's workers. ...

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Deepest Condolences to Families of West Virginia Mine Victims

Rep. George Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. George Miller, Mine Safety, Committee on Education and Labor, Worker Safety, Upper Big Branch Mine, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

Every day, miners show up for their shift knowing that there is a chance they may not return to their families. On a warm afternoon last Monday, the world was reminded of these dangers.

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Deaths In The Fields: Why State Agencies Need Help Protecting America's Workers

David Dayen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pawa, Farming, Worker Safety, Osha, California, Home News
David Dayen

We need HR 2067, the Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA). A fully resourced OSHA could fill in the gaps where the state-level agencies often fail.

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The Serious Side of Chocolate

David Dayen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protect America's Workers Act, Worker Safety, Chocolate, Osha, Workers Rights, Business News
David Dayen

In July, a temp worker died from falling into a vat of chocolate. But the owners of the plant, Lyons & Sons, never had a license to make chocolate. Ultimately, one business is really culpable here: Hershey.

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For Labor Day: A Nod to a Woman Who Pushed for Worker Safety

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Alice Hamilton, Harvard, Labor Day, Union Holiday, Worker Safety, Politics News
Kate Kelly

Alice Hamilton was the energy behind investigating workplace health hazards. She should be honored for drawing attention to the daily dangers to which workers are exposed.

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China Is a Lousy Partner

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sinopec, Workplace Accidents, Labor, Oil Sands, China, Worker Safety, Business News
Diane Francis

Ottawa officials and politicians are encouraging Canadians to do business in China and with Chinese entities. But here's a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of doing business with the "Middle Kingdom."

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