The number of fatal occupational injuries hit a 20-year in 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) reported.
DOL hailed the progress while saying one death is one too many. Unions countered with “that’s nice, but…” statements showing fatal injury rates among workers of color are still too high and that current progress is in peril from the incoming Republican regime. And there’s still a massive undercount of on-the-job fatalities.
Perkins served as the fourth U.S. secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest-serving person in that position. Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential Cabinet.
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