2025 Holiday Book List
No doubt about it. It’s been a shit year. But there’s good news — especially for those of you who…
Baby It’s Cold Outside!
There’s no snow on the ground, but it’s windy and cold here in Boston this morning – 18°F as I…
The Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, tree care, forklift, railroad, construction, stabbing, falls, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Trouble in Republican Paradise? Mineworkers Don’t Want to Die
News Flash: Some Republican politicians think it might be a bad idea to kill their constituents.
Death by Deregulation: MSHA to Roll Back Miners’ Silica Protections
On April 18, 2024 the Biden administration issued a long awaited new silica rule to protect coal miners — more…
Donald Trump’s Mad Love of Coal Versus the Miners Who Pay for It with Their Lives
This past April, President Donald J. Trump issued one of the wackiest, fact-challenged and ineffective executive orders of his second…
Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Skid steer, electrocution, fire, assault, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are…
A Thanksgiving Thank You for Those Working on the Holiday
Thanksgiving is a day when many of us gather with family and friends to relax and celebrate the holiday. Our…
How Workers Died Last Week: Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, machinery, crushed by pipes, acid exposure, forklift, airplane crash, conveyer belt, shootings and…
Farmington Mine Disaster and the Blood of Coal Miners
Today is the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Farmington Mine explosion. At 5:30 in the morning on November 20th, a…