Today in 1987 OSHA adopts a grain handling facilities standard to protect 155,000 workers at nearly 24,000 grain elevators from the risk of fire and explosion from highly combustible grain dust.
• 50+ New Year’s facts: Traditions, spending & more • TTD condemns DHS’s illegal termination of the TSA CBA • Will OSHA cancel protections for ‘inherently risky’ work? • The Voting Rights Act is under threat. So are workers’ rights. • Whatever happened to the ‘Golden Age’ for American workers? • Freight company ordered to pay $23 million to Teamsters Trust Fund • 68 cities, counties, and states will increase the minimum wage Jan. 1 • Trump is hellbent on crushing federal unions, but they’re still kicking • The government can’t ban captive audience meetings; it can’t ban pickets, either • Vocational scholarships from the James R Hoffa Scholarship Fund are available
