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Day: August 10, 2012

OSHA probes ConAgra worker’s death

The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration will be investigating Saturday’s incident at the ConAgra flourmill in which an employee fell to his death. Jay Van Buskirk was going down when he fell off, a...

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ILA, USMX Committees to Meet

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance will hold meetings this month by ILA-USMX committees assigned specific issues in negotiations for a new East and Gulf Coast labor contract. The...

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Burned cargo ship hunting for a port

A stricken German cargo ship that was on fire for several weeks is now being towed aimlessly around the Atlantic Ocean because no European port will allow it to dock. The German owners are losing patience. “I think...

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3,000 San Francisco janitors prepare for a strike

From respected writer and photographer David Bacon: The national confrontation between janitors and some of the world’s richest property owners has arrived San Francisco, where on Wednesday over two thousand building...

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