David Dayen

I’m a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their 16 Deaths Per Day campaign for worker safety. Join us on Facebook. Today is Workers Memorial Day, the day we remember those who have died on the job. They come from all walks of life, merely trying to get ahead and create a better world [...]

I’m a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their 16 Deaths Per Day campaign for worker safety. Join us on Facebook. Tonight in New York City, football executives will change the lives of hundreds of young men at the NFL Draft. Young men from around the country will see their fortunes arrive with the [...]

I’m a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their 16 Deaths Per Day campaign for worker safety. Join us on Facebook. The President spoke strongly about the need for accountability in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. He is certainly right about that, but he needs to look beyond one industry when making these [...]

I’m a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their 16 Deaths Per Day campaign for worker safety. Join us on Facebook. The disaster at the Upper Big Branch mine in Coalmont, West Virginia has justifiably brought a lot of attention to the issue of worker safety and the need for strong regulation to protect [...]

I’m a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their 16 Deaths Per Day campaign for worker safety. Join us on Facebook. It’s hard to find a tougher job in America than harvesting in the fields. Throughout California, known as the nation’s salad bowl, farmworkers, frequently migrants with little knowledge of their rights as workers [...]

I’m a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their 16 Deaths Per Day campaign for worker safety. Join us on Facebook. Last week, the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on HR 2067, the Protecting America’s Workers Act (PAWA). This bill would strengthen and modernize OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, [...]