Category: Health & Safety
- 12/22/10 Keeping the Holiday Spirit Alive Shortly after Chuck Hicks joined Local 1808 (Council 20) three decades ago, he organized a holiday party in his home for co-workers from the District of Columbia Public Library.
- 12/17/10 9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster On Thursday's episode of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart blasted the Republican filibuster of a bill to provide health benefits to 9/11 first responders — and chided the media for ignoring the issue.
- 04/28/10 Workers Memorial Day: Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living The tragic deaths of 29 miners in Raleigh County, W.Va earlier this month serve as a sad reminder that American workers in many occupations continue to lose their lives, risk injury or become ill as a result of unhealthy or dangerous workplaces.
- 11/13/09 ‘16 Deaths Per Day’ Highlights Weak Penalties for Worker Fatalities Every day, 16 workers go to work and don’t come home. They are killed on the job. But far too often, employers that have created or ignored dangerous workplace conditions are not held accountable. Civil penalties are weak and criminal prosecutions rare.
- 05/08/09 Protecting Frontline Health Workers from Pandemic Flu During a Congressional hearing held Thursday by the House Education and Labor Committee, AFSCME member and registered nurse Miguel García testified about the need to enforce federal guidelines designed to protect health care workers.
- 04/27/09 Safe Jobs Now, a Change We Need All too often we hear about Americans being killed and injured at the workplace. Nearly 5,680 workers on average die on the job each year. In the last 30 years, 500 AFSCME members have been killed on the job.
- 05/07/08 Failure to Enforce U.S. Labor Laws Fuels Exploitation of Workers
- 04/28/08 Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living
