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The Cruelest Cuts series

On Sunday and Monday, The Charlotte Observer published a two-part series detailing the risks to young workers in dangerous jobs. The stories showed that federal child labor enforcement has waned […]
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Occupational disability claims an epidemic at L.I.R.R.

An investigation by The New York Times has uncovered an epidemic of occupational disability claims among retirees of the Long Island Rail Road. "Virtually every career employee — as many […]
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Labor laws offer little protection to North Carolina workers

An investigation by Ames Alexander of the Charlotte Observer reveals that North Carolina has failed to protect employees who are fired in retaliation for filing workers compensation claims or blowing […]
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Labor exploitation rampant in Chinese-owned mining companies

In China in Africa and China in Peru, parallel investigations for Bloomberg Markets, Simon Clark, Michael Smith and Franz Wild report on the exploitation of indigenous peoples by Chinese-owned mining […]
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Unsafe Haven series

Mary Zahn and Ben Poston of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailed the rising number of injuries and serious violations at nursing homes in the state of Wisconsin. The reporters reviewed […]
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Deadly Denial series

An investigation by the Rocky Mountain News examined the federal program to compensate the people who became sick building the nation’s nuclear weapons. The paper found that the agencies running […]
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Construction deaths on rise in Vegas development boom

A package by the Las Vegas Sun looks at the steep increase in construction fatalities during the most recent development boom in the area. In less than 19 months, twelve […]
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Incident at CDC lab shines light on safety concerns

Following a failure in the ventilation system at the Centers for Disease Control facility, the door of a high-containment lab was sealed with duct tape, according to a report by […]
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Report shows FAA behind in training new air traffic controllers

An inspector general's report shows the Federal Aviation Administration is hiring more air traffic controllers than it can effectively train, reports Michael J. Sniffen of the Associated Press. "The Transportation […]
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Revisiting Willow Island

The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette published a two-day package marking the 30th anniversary of the Willow Island Disaster, the largest construction accident in U.S. history. Fifty-one construction workers died on April […]
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