Why The Rich Love Destroying Unions

House Republicans Move Forward With Plan To Destroy Life-Saving Regulations

Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Believes Workers Are “Overprotected”

Newt Gingrich Promises “All Out War” On Federal Safety Regulations Under Trump

Heartless Republicans Weaken Labor Protections

Striking for safe working conditions

Deadly mine explosion leads to indictment of Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship

Shocking Truths about Wal-Mart

Mushroom Clouds, Collapsing Buildings: Why We Need Unions

Mushroom Clouds, Collapsing Buildings: Why We Need Unions
"What's needed is a recognition that every life is worth fighting for, in every field and factory and mine on the planet. It's fought with the understanding that better-paid workers buy more goods and raise the global standard of living, no matter where they live. The stories from Texas and Bangladesh shouldn't just horrify us. They should galvanize us into action. They aren't complete until we choose to live them ourselves."

North Carolina Under-Reported Worker Deaths And Ignored Multiple Workplace Safety Violations

North Carolina Under-Reported Worker Deaths And Ignored Multiple Workplace Safety Violations: The number of North Carolinians who died at work in 2012 is likely more than three times the original number reported by the state Labor Department. While the state estimated 35 worker fatalities last year, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) put the number at 150. Released in the wake of the [...]/p

Republicans promise to roll back everything Labor Day honors

Republicans promise to roll back everything Labor Day honors
"What the Republicans are planning, what their platform promises, is to bring to the federal level the assault on workers that Scott Walker, John Kasich and Mitch Daniels have been carrying out in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. They announced that plan the week before Labor Day. They have nine more weeks to win the power to implement it. And we have nine weeks to stop them."

Republicans strive to make their platform worse on workers' issues in 2012 than it was in 2008

Republicans strive to make their platform worse on workers' issues in 2012 than it was in 2008
"The horrors of the 2012 Republican platform are legion, from abortion to marriage equality to to financial reform. To that list, you can of course add labor issues, where the Republican Party's quest to have its 2012 platform be not just bad but decisively worse than previous ones continues. Josh Eidelson compares 2012 to 2008"