To help pay for his war of choice with Iran, Trump wants to zero out funding for energy assistance and efficiency programs. But it’s not the first time he’s tried to dismantle them.
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Hard Times in the Back Yard
Bailed-out major airlines have outsourced ground work to subcontractors. Injuries and fatalities on the tarmac are taking off.
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Inside the Teamsters’ Historic Contract at UPS
The union’s new leadership used effective messaging and rank-and-file organization to win significant gains.
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UPS Workers Beat the Heat
Today on TAP: A win at the negotiating table for the Teamsters will make delivering packages a little less dangerous.
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He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.
Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required as part of a Travis County tax deal.
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America’s Workplace Safety Crisis
Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.
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What Could Chill Heat Pumps
The obstacles to installing a transformative technology
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The Hank Hill Solution to Climate Change
What do we put in the future billions of air conditioners and heat pumps?
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Texas Grid Heaves Under Extreme Heat
A high-octane power grid is hitting its limits.
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A Dangerous Place to Be Latino
Texas, the only state without universal workers’ comp, leads the nation in workplace injuries and deaths. It’s Latino workers on unregulated construction sites who fare the worst.
