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April 28, 2026

Today in 1978
A cooling tower for a power plant under construction in Willow Island, W. Va., collapses, killing 51 construction workers in what is thought to be the largest construction accident in U.S. history. OSHA cited contractors for 20 violations, including failures to field test concrete. The cases were settled for $85,000 — about $1,700 per worker killed.

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More Than 8,000 Grocery Workers on Strike in Denver
Posted On: Jan 14, 2022
Jan. 14, 2021 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | About 8,000 grocery store workers at 77 King Soopers and City Markets stores in the Denver area are on strike after the union rejected what the company described as its best and final offer to replace a recently expired contract. The number of members of the United Food & Commercial Workers union who are on strike makes it the nation’s second-largest strike of the last two years, behind only a five-week work stoppage by 10,000 auto workers at John Deere & Co. that ended in November. “The company’s ‘last, best, and final’ offer, in many ways, is worse than its previous offers,” said Kim Cordova, president of the local unit of the striking union… KESQ.com
 
 
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