My publisher just sent me the formatted ebook copy of my new novel: ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL!

Just have to correct any errors and then it'll be ready to launch, later this week or next!!

Curious?

Check my website for details: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/

Order it soon from Historium Press: http://wix.to/M9gMx11

#AnywhereButSchuylkill #HistoricalFiction #novel #books #LaborHistory #WorkingClass #author #writer #coal #mining #police #PoliceBrutality #WorkplaceSafety #ChildLabor

Today in Labor History September 3, 1911: Six miners were killed in a cage accident in the Butte Superior mine.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #WorkplaceSafety #WorkplaceDeaths #mining

Today in Labor History September 2, 1991: 25 workers were killed by a fire at the nonunion Imperial Foods poultry processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. Bosses had locked the doors in violation of the law, leaving the workers no escape.

https://youtu.be/ktIdmO4ZXeU

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #WorkplaceSafety #WorkplaceDeaths #NorthCarolina #WorkerSafety #union

New York Warehouse Workers: Know Your Rights! https://www.satterlaw.com/new-york-warehouse-workers-know-your-rights/
#syracuse #workplacelawyer #WorkersRights #WorkplaceSafety #Safety #Breaks

https://www.skynews.com.au/business/mps-concerned-amazon-may-have-misled-committee-over-workplace-safety-concerns-as-union-brands-testimony-shocking/news-story/436cd68474188ea7d89d30d12922d89c

#Amazon #US #InjuryRate double those of competitors, Amazon #Australia says no #safety concerns

"The testimony given before #parliament is shocking. Serious safety issues like dangerous overloading and pressuring drivers to rush through deliveries is not something to brush off as insignificant."

#OSHA #WorkplaceSafety #fraud #corruption #exploitation #capitalism #ClassWar #union #unions

For the Jacksonville Shooter, Dollar General Was an Easy Target

Dollar General workers have long raised the alarm about their vulnerability to violence due to understaffing and lack of security. They were tragically proven correct in Jacksonville when a white man murdered three black people at a Dollar General.

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/dollar-general-mass-shooting-racism-workplace-safety
#news #UnitedStates #Jacksonville #MassShooting #racism #labor #WorkplaceSafety

RLM Arts poster catalog, p669: Healthy Workplaces

This poster was made for a collaboration between tobacco awareness groups and #Minnesota’s labor community. It treats workplace smoking not as a personal fault, but as part of the long, collective struggle for safe work environments. It’s an example of RLM’s frequent collaboration with community and labor groups, and of union commitment to worker health:

Get it here: https://www.rlmartstudio.com/product/healthy-workplaces/

#Union #Smoking #WorkplaceSafety #MastoArt #Labor

“Health care workers don’t even think about that when they decide they want to be a nurse or a doctor. But as far as actual violence goes, statistically, health care is four or five times more dangerous than any other profession,” said Michael D’Angelo, a former police officer who focuses on health care and workplace violence as a security consultant in Florida.

https://apnews.com/article/hospitals-workplace-violence-shootings-aa6918569ff8f76ff8a15b9813e31686

#labor #healthcare #osha #workplacesafety

New interview in The Christian Science Monitor on heat safety in the workplace: “It would be fair to say it’s the most heat-focused administration in the country’s history. They’re addressing this in the way you’d hope: a whole-of-government response through multiple agencies. Having said that, we’re at the very early days of heat governance.” https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0803/As-extreme-heat-rises-so-do-concerns-for-worker-safety
#extremeheat #heatresilience #heatgovernance #workplacesafety

BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update 7/28/2023:
https://www.bluecollarwriter.com/home/news072823

#1u #WritersStrike #hotlaborsummer #SAGAFTRAstrike #upsteamsters #NLRB #WorkersRights #workplacesafety #UnionStrong

"A group of 112 Democratic members of Congress on Monday called on U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to establish heat safety regulations for indoor and outdoor workplaces as a persistent and deadly heatwave spreads across the country."

Remember when Texas Republicans passed HB 2127 earlier this year and blocked cities from passing protections that require water and rest breaks for construction workers?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/congressional-democrats-call-biden-workplace-heat-safety-steps-2023-07-24/

#publichealth #OSHA #workplacesafety #heat #Texas #txlege

UPS and Teamsters Union Reach Agreement to Avert Strike https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/25/ups-and-union-reach-agreement-to-avert-strike/ #UPS #Teamsters #Contract #Economy #Union #wages #WorkplaceSafety #politicaliq #news #politics

Lifeguard Megan Wertz was found at the deep end of the city pool with two 10-pound weights strapped to her, a suggested practice for cleaning duty at the pool that the former manager said had been done previous summers, but was not in city policy.

We dove into police reports and the state's investigation of the fatality, spoke to present and former staff about conditions last summer and changes this year.

https://www.demingheadlight.com/demingheadlight/news/2023/07/24/changes-city-aquatic-center-following-2022-fatality

#NewMexico #lifeguards #workplacesafety #DemingNM #pools

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2023/07/129_355359.html

Korean #MetalWorkers' #Union want justice for killed #Hyundai #employees

"The #LaborMinistry has neither carried out a special #labor inspection nor punished the company supervisors". The law can send a company's #CEO to jail if a serious worksite accident occurs where the company has not taken sufficient safety precautions.

#KMWU #Korea #unions #capitalism #WorkplaceSafety #UnionStrong

Another WTF: In and Out Burgers is banning Covid face masks for employees in 5 western states.

Why? Because it's more important for customers to see their smiling faces than to allow them to protect themselves, each other, and customers from infection. Of course, it remains to be seen how often they will smile under these conditions.

CA & OR employees are exempt, thanks to workplace safety laws. However, those who choose to mask up, will be forced to wear company issued N-95s. (Perhaps with smiling cartoon faces printed on them, below the company's yellow arrow logo).

The beatings will continue until morale improves!

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/in-n-out-bans-covid-masking-employees-az-nv-ut-18205121.php

#covid #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #masking #PublicHealth #FastFood #WorkerRights #WorkplaceSafety

$170,000 in fines handed to two Leamington employers after worker dies https://j2dw.co/3NRbh3E #J2DW #WorkplaceSafety #Leamington #OntarioCourts #LeboFarms #FHESOntario #Death #FallProtection #onpoli @onpoli

State of New Jersey Failed to Address Deficiencies in $96 Million Workers’ Compensation Program https://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/2023/07/state-of-new-jersey-failed-to-address.html #workerscompensation #NJClaims Management #workplacesafety

OSHA Cites Main Line Contractor Corp. of Newark NJ for 21 violations and $333,052 in Penalties https://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/2023/07/osha-cites-main-line-contractor-corp-of.html #OSHA #workplacesafety #workerscompensation

Today in Labor History July 7, 1931: Construction began on the Hoover dam. 16 workers and camp residents died from heat exhaustion during a single month of construction. Temperatures routinely soared over 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Several strikes led to nominal improvements in working conditions. Thousands of men were employed in the highly segregated project. Only 30 African Americans were allowed to work at any given time and Chinese workers were officially excluded. The Wobblies (IWW) tried to organize the men and sent in 11 organizers who were promptly arrested. Eugene Nelson, a Wobbly hobo, writes about it in his wonderful biographical novel, “Break Their Haughty Power.”

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #IWW #union #organizing #HooverDam #WorkplaceSafety #WorkplaceDeaths #racism #immigration #segregation

Global News BC: Man who attacked B.C. Uber driver sentenced to 1 day in jail, 1 year probation https://globalnews.ca/news/9810471/abbotsford-uber-assault-sentence/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #uberassaultsentence #WorkplaceViolence #gigworkersafety #WorkplaceSafety #CaughtOnCamera #williamtickle #UberAssault #Abbotsford #Ride-share #gigworker #Rideshare #AmanSood #gigwork #Crime #Uber