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Workers killed by authorities Notes August 8, 1850 Manhattan, NYC, NY: Garment Strike 2 At least two tailors died as police confronted a street mob of about 300 strikers, mostly German, with clubs. [2] These deaths stand as the "first recorded strike fatalities in U.S. history". [3] July 7, 1851 Portage, New York: Railroad Strike 2
January 28, 2007 – An American construction engineer was killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul. [16] [better source needed] February 27, 2007 – An American supply worker was killed by a suicide bomber at Bagram Air Base. [16] [better source needed] March 8, 2007 – A German aid worker was shot and killed in Shar-e-Pul province. [38]
November 10, 2004 – American, Douglas S.Thomas, was killed by an IED while in a convoy from Balad en route to Tikrit. He was working for DynCorp International as a PMC. November 14, 2004 – American, Wolf Weis, was killed in an ambush near Mosul. He was working as a private contractor.
An American aid worker was gunned down in Baghdad on Monday, officials said. Millennium Relief and Development Services, a Texas-based international aid group, confirmed in a statement that one of ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... A Chicago countertop manufacturer failed to protect its workers from silica exposure, leaving a father and son in need of lung transplants, federal labor ...
At a wood mill two workers were killed and 20 others injured in a fire and explosion. A combustible dust environment led to the explosion and fire. [89] November 8, 2012: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Two people died and 19 were injured in an industrial processing plant belonging to Neptune Technologies & Bioressources, a manufacturer of health ...
Companies are sweetening the pay package for CEOs and engaging in stock buybacks, while increasing employee pay less than inflation. Worker pay at many companies failed to keep up with inflation ...
After becoming a public company in August 2005, it was revealed that Phillip R. Bennett, the company's CEO and chairman, had concealed $430m of bad debts. Its underwriters were Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America Corp. The company entered Chapter 11 and Bennett was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Bear Stearns: United ...