Remembering The ‘Radium Girls’ In The Anti-Science Era
On Sunday, June 10, Coral Davenport’s front-page story in The New York Times provided a guide to the many government agencies where the Trump administration is eliminating science from their
On Sunday, June 10, Coral Davenport’s front-page story in The New York Times provided a guide to the many government agencies where the Trump administration is eliminating science from their
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Carpenters on strike against Turner Construction voted unanimously May 25 to keep being represented by the St. Louis Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council. The union went on strike
Washington DC – “Deaths on the Job, the Toll of Neglect, 2018,” is the AFL- CIO report concerning safety in the workplace. The World of Work is a dangerous place. Unfortunately workplace
GLEN DALE, W.Va.—Ohio Valley union members rallied May 29 to support workers at Tecnocap, a metal-cap manufacturer south of Wheeling, who have been on strike for more than seven weeks.
MONTREAL, Quebec—Canadian Pacific Rail’s more than 3,000 train operators went on strike on the night of late May 29, affecting intercity passenger and freight service from Montreal to Vancouver. The
OAXACA, Mexico—Thousands of teachers in Oaxaca occupied the city’s zócalo central plaza May 28, the first day of a strike union leaders said would continue indefinitely. An estimated 20,000 teachers
WASHINGTON—The federal prevailing wage, intended to ensure that workers on public construction projects are paid decent wages, is as low as $7.25 an hour in some areas because the Department
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – School bus drivers and monitors who work at Durham School Services voted to join Teamsters Local 327. The 269 workers will join thousands of other Durham employees nationwide
WASHINGTON—The workers’ compensation system that covers an estimated 129 million people “is failing workers—especially low-wage workers in dangerous industries,” Deborah Berkowitz, head of the National Employment Law Project’s worker health
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Federation of Government Employees has gained a powerful new ally in their fight against the Trump administration’s efforts to deny federal workers their legal right to representation at the