Today in 2013 An explosion at a West Texas fertilizer plant kills 15 people and injures nearly 300 when 30 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate — stored in sheds without sprinkler systems — caught fire. Of those killed, 10 were emergency responders.
• One year after Janus, unions are flush • How to protect the right to organize • Pro women hockey players form a union • States with $15 min. wage laws have doubled • The man who put public-employee unions on the map • House passes bill to help workers with retirement savings • YRC Worldwide, Teamsters enter into five-year contract • Hoffa: Teens driving trucks interstate would jeopardize safety • Economists remain worried about slow-growing middle class