safety and health
Prison Labor Strike – Dominion Locks Out Workers – #LIUlockout #LIUwalkout – OSHA Again Cites Chicken Slaughterhouse
VW Disobeys NLRB Order – Virginia Lipton Workers Vote UFCW – Tenn Spike in Workplace Deaths – Gallup Poll on Unions
VW Hires Temps at $13.50 an Hour – UAW Wins 192-1 in Tenn – Air Force Base Workers Strike – Workplace Deaths in Virginia
OSHA Starts Crack Down on Southern Poultry Plants, But Will Non-Union Workers Talk?
OSHA fined a Tyson’s chicken plant in Center, Texas $263,498 for two repeated violations and 15 serious safety violations.
OSHA Issues Landmark Citation Against “Medical Mismanagement” in Northern Florida Poultry Plant
OSHA issued a citation against a Pilgrim’s Pride chicken slaughterhouse and processing facility for, among other serious violations, failing to promptly refer injured workers to medical attention.
Why Won’t the U.S. Adopt the Chemical Safety Rules that Obama Forced on Afghanistan?
“It is an outrage and a mark on this Administration,” said Gerald Poje, a former member of the federal Chemical Safety Board. “We are asking the Obama Administration to step up and protect the American public in ways that are being mandated to protect the public of Afghanistan”.