Labor violations include unsafe working conditions, unfair wages, and exploitation of workers, leading to physical and psychological harm. These violations can cause severe injuries, chronic health issues, and even death to the workers. Furthermore, by undermining fair labor practices, these violations contribute to economic disparities, perpetuating cycles of poverty and social instability.
TL;DR Yellow Corporation, one of the largest trucking companies in America, went bankrupt in 2023 and tried to slash the retirement bills it owed to the union workers it left behind. Eleven pension funds covering Teamsters workers filed claims totaling…
TL;DR NCR Corporation promised 197 senior executives guaranteed monthly annuity payments for life as part of their retirement plans, then terminated those plans in 2013 and replaced the promised annuities with one-time lump-sum payments the company calculated on its own…
TL;DR HYDAC Technology Corporation, a global hydraulic systems manufacturer, received a $74,008 fine ($74,008 — roughly what a working-class American earns in an entire year of full-time labor) from OSHA after exposing workers at its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania facility to a…
TYSON FOODS: THE PRICE OF POULTRY TL;DR David Williams, Sr., a worker at a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant in Carthage, Texas, died from COVID-19 on December 12, 2020. His family alleges he contracted the virus from a coworker who knowingly…
Corporate Accountability Investigation The Legal Defense That Blames Asbestos Victims for Their Own Cancer A pipe manufacturer spent decades selling asbestos cement pipe without adequate warnings. When a dying man sued, its lawyers argued he was too experienced to deserve…
Environmental Enforcement • U.S. Virgin Islands The Real (Human) Price of Cruzan Rum Source: EPA Region 2 Consent Agreement & Final Order • Effective August 20, 2025 TL;DR Cruzan Rum’s distillery in Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands stored hazardous…
TL;DR For six years (2010–2016), Hawaii luxury resort group Mauna Kea charged customers a mandatory service fee, kept part of it, and told workers and guests almost nothing specific about where the money actually went. The disclosure they used said…
Environmental Enforcement / Asbestos / Georgia Five Thousand Dollars A construction company ripped up the floors of a dental office in Stonecrest, Georgia without ever checking for asbestos. The EPA’s price for that? $5,425. Here’s what that number actually means.…
TL;DR Sysco Nashville stored 21,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia at its Nashville, Tennessee food distribution facility while operating with at least 10 documented safety violations. Federal inspectors found the emergency eyewash and safety shower blocked by pallet jacks, meaning workers…
Clean Air Act Enforcement • Oxnard, California • 2025 $8,280 Fine. 11 Violations. A Town Full of People Who Had No Idea. E.F. Oxnard, LLC ran an anhydrous ammonia facility with crumbling pipes, missing safety signs, broken emergency plans, and…