Today in 1947 Five hundred workers in Texas City, Texas die in a series of huge oil refinery and chemical plant explosions and fires.
• COVID-19 news updates for Oct. 29, 2020 • American households are doing better than expected • Trump Administration’s attacks on workers are relentless • Why the Republican Party wants to destroy labor unions • The specter of pension failures haunts the election • U.S. workers fear for future as election, COVID-19 loom • Workers keep getting fired for reporting COVID-19 safety violations • AFSCME sues federal labor agency in court over anti-union policies • Thousands of aviation layoffs loom amid a dysfunctional Congress • HOS rule’s legality questioned by Teamsters, safety groups • A special message from Vice President Joe Biden to Teamster members: