A hands-on, interactive, and fun training empowering worker advocates to take leadership roles in promoting health and safety in the workplace.
 
 

The first independent investigation into the cause of the massive explosion that killed 29 coal miners at the Upper Big Branch mine has concluded that the accident could have been prevented and that the responsiblity for the tragedy rests squarely with the mine's owners, Massey Energy.
 
From the report:
 

The results of the first independent investigation into the cause of the massive explosion at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners on April 5, 2010, is expected to be publicly released on Thursday after it is shared with members of the victims' families.
 

President Barack Obama issued a proclamation in observance of Workers Memorial Day today, recognizing the workplace protections won by generations of workers throughout the years and recommitting his administration to ensuring the health and welfare of those who are on the job today.
 

Today is, of course, the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire, which took the lives of 146 workers, mostly young girsl and women, who had been locked into the building by tightwad owners looking to save a few pennies by ostensibly preventing employee theft.
 
It is truly striking, though, how eerily similar the arguments that were made against worker protections back then are to those being made against worker protections today: they're too expensive, they're too burdensome and, ironically, they'll kill jobs.
 

Great piece here on a fallen worker and his widow's effort to make sure that nothing like what happened to her husband happens to anyone ever again.
 
Read the story here