Tag: worker deaths
Illinois House, Democrats investigate Amazon deaths
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – An Illinois House committee is looking into how six Amazon workers were killed in the Dec. 10 tornado that...
Worker deaths, union-busting – Amazon is due for a reckoning
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
Fed-up and endangered Amazon workers appear poised to deliver a reckoning to the e-commerce retail behemoth known for its grinding, unsafe...
OSHA investigating Amazon warehouse collapse that killed six
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Edwardsville, IL – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the Amazon warehouse collapse in Edwardsville on Friday, Dec, 10...
After Seattle crane collapse, proposed legislation would require more oversight of...
Seattle — After a fatal crane collapse last April that Washington officials deemed “totally avoidable,” state lawmakers are pushing for more regulations and bigger...
Three union members killed, fourth injured in deadly incidents Dec. 5
Two Metal Trades members killed, one injured in shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Base; Teamster UPS driver killed in carjacking, shootout
BY TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Thursday, Dec....
IAM mourns tragic shooting at Aurora, IL factory
By MARY ANN HOLLEY
Correspondent
Aurora, IL – The International Association of Machinists is mourning the loss of two IAM Local 1202 members and three employees...
OSHA calls for fine against company following the death of two...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited World Wrecking and Scrap Salvage Services Inc. after two of its workers fell to...
Union contractors replace non-union company on jobsite where two workers were...
Work was at least six months behind schedule
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Fe Equus, the Milwaukee-based developer of The Last Hotel at 1501 Washington Ave. where two...
What they saw before two workers were killed
Laborers Local 42 members knew there were problems on the Washington Ave. jobsite where two workers fell to their deaths
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Laborers Local 42...
Workers’ deaths expose numerous unsafe work conditions, false statements, distortion, misdirection...
Laborers 42 had been working to organize the jobsite
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Joey Hale and Ben Ricks had only been at work for three hours when...