1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (580+ words) A new study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has confirmed what miners, their widows and black lung clinic physicians have warned for years: the deadly and preventable disease has returned to levels not seen in…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (572+ words) According to the UAW’s contract “highlights,” Bridgewater workers would not make the touted $35 an hour until 2033—three years after the contract expires! At American Axle the $30 top rate will not be reached until 2030 and will fall far short of workers…...

4+ hour, 14+ min ago   (772+ words) On August 26, Dylan Kupsh, a 27-year-old doctoral candidate in computer science, filed suit against the Regents of the University of California, two student-conduct administrators and UCLA Police Captain Jeffrey Chobanian, alleging a two-year campaign in retaliation for his open and…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (591+ words) More than 1,300 workers walked out on strike at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts at 7 a.m. on Friday, September 4. Some 300 workers picketed and shut the Broadway entrance to the casino. As of Monday, September 7, no further bargaining sessions have been scheduled,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (352+ words) The offence the company admitted is a narrow one. Section 17 of Ontario's confined spaces regulation requires an employer to secure a confined space against unauthorized entry, or to post adequate warning signs about unauthorized entry, or both. Algoma acknowledged that…...

2+ day, 28+ min ago   (371+ words) A worker died at the Applied Materials Harris Branch manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, in Building 34. Details of the death remain scarce, and the company has not publicly explained what happened. An Applied Materials worker said coworkers reported hearing a…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (487+ words) An internal report by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the state agency that runs New York City’s subways and buses, said McCullum’s supervisor felt wind and heard a train approaching around a curve. A lookout blew a whistle for the…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (329+ words) On Labor Day 2026, the American working class confronts an assault without precedent in the post-World War II period. The economic crisis of American capitalism has produced a single response from the ruling class and both of its political parties: make…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (842+ words) Powerful thunderstorms sweeping across southern Michigan Thursday afternoon and evening spawned the first tornado to hit Detroit since 1997. The storms damaged homes and businesses, leaving more than 300,000 people at least temporarily without power across the state. As of Friday afternoon,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (484+ words) A further 11,844 cases have not been laboratory-confirmed or remain under investigation, bringing the total to roughly 29,000 illnesses. Travel-associated infections, 1,805 of them, are counted separately. Among confirmed patients, the median age is 46, while the age range runs from 1 to 99, and the…...