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.
• Biden: ‘Union workers are the best’ • Women speak up about harassment in trucking • Apple store in Maryland third to launch union drive • Not everything sucks. Organized labor is rising • Amazon urged to fight on after Staten Island push fails • Starbucks win an election in Baltimore, two in Metro DC • What unions are doing to protect American democracy • Women truckers challenge industry to end harassment, violence on the job • Frontline workers excluded from employer pandemic windfalls. No wonder so many are forming unions. • A new vision for the Motion Picture Division
