Today in 1922 A coal mine explosion in Spangler, Pa., kills 79. The mine had been rated gaseous in 1918, but at the insistence of new operators, it was rated as non-gaseous even though miners had been burned by gas on at least four occasions.
• Justice for 10 fired UPS workers in Queens, NY • Labor law is stuck in 1947 • Three cheers for Scabby the Rat • Congress: Oppose the American Jobs Plan at your own risk • The PRO Act: What’s in it and why is it a Labor Movement priority? • Teamsters, international unions call for major reforms at XPO • White House group gets to work on plan to increase unionization of workers • $15 an hour for federal contractors is great. A union is better.
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