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LABOR ACCOUNTABILITY

Washington State Workers Announce Aug. 31 Walkout as Wage Talks Stall

The Washington Federation of State Employees announced a one-day walkout for August 31 after state negotiators offered no across-the-board pay raises for more than 50,000 workers in the 2027-29 contract cycle.

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Washington State Workers Announce Aug. 31 Walkout as Wage Talks Stall
The Washington State Capitol in Olympia. Photo: Nils Huenerfuerst / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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    CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Lakkzoom Immersion Water Heaters After 235 Fire Reports

  3. Labor

    PECO Workers Ratify Five-Year Contract After First Strike in Company History; Pensions Extended to All Workers

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    CPSC Warns Stop Using 53,500 Houswise Tabletop Fire Pits; Seven Burn Injuries Reported

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Mill Steel Worker in Birmingham Killed by Steel Coil; OSHA Investigating

Steel coils and material-handling equipment inside a steel service center (representative file photo — not the Mill Steel facility in Birmingham). Photo: AutoGuidedVehicles / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Industrial Accidents

Mill Steel Worker in Birmingham Killed by Steel Coil; OSHA Investigating

Lederiest Antwon Clark, 37, died Tuesday morning at Mill Steel Company in north Birmingham after being struck by a steel coil. OSHA opened a fatality investigation the same afternoon; no citation findings have been issued.

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A garden-style apartment complex (file photo). Premises-liability claims over inadequate security most often arise at multifamily residential properties. Photo: Alfred Twu / Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Investigations

When Property Owners Fail: How Negligent Security Turns Preventable Crimes Into Lawsuits

A crime happens at a commercial property. The police investigate the criminal. But the second question — could the property owner have prevented this? — is the one that drives negligent security litigation.

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 parked on an airport ramp, viewed from above.

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 on the ramp (file photo). Photo: Boeing / Addison Salzman via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Corporate Accountability

Boeing's Safety Culture Remains Broken. The FAA's Oversight Isn't Much Better.

The NTSB determined Boeing's inadequate training and oversight caused the 737 MAX 9 door plug blowout. FAA audits found systemic quality failures. But accountability remains limited.

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An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen with North American English-language labeling, the product at the center of MDL 3094. Photo: Dennis Sylvester Hurd / Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Lawsuits

In re Ozempic (Semaglutide) / GLP-1 Products Liability

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly · Eastern District of Pennsylvania (MDL 3094)

Failure to warn of severe gastrointestinal injuries including gastroparesis, bowel obstruction, and NAION vision loss

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A stylist applies a chemical hair relaxer to a client. More than 11,500 women allege in MDL 3060 that long-term use of chemical hair relaxers caused uterine, ovarian, and endometrial cancer. Photo: Envato Elements.

Lawsuits

In re Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability

L'Oréal, Revlon, Strength of Nature, Namaste Laboratories · Northern District of Illinois (MDL 3060)

Failure to warn that long-term hair relaxer use is linked to uterine and ovarian cancer

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Welcome sign at the Holcomb Gate entrance to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the installation at the center of the 1953–1987 water-contamination litigation (file photo, 2008). Photo: U.S. Marine Corps via DVIDS (Public domain).

Lawsuits

In re Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Litigation

United States of America · Eastern District of North Carolina

Contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune (1953-1987) linked to cancers and serious illnesses among veterans, families, and civilian workers

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The Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri

The Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, a federal court venue for multidistrict litigation (file photo). Photo: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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