Gulf Coast
March 23, 2011 -
By Mischa Gaus, Labor NotesA dozen weary Steelworkers trekked from Mississippi to Ohio last week, hoping to insert a few uncomfortable questions into the clubby confines of their company's shareholders meeting.Approaching their 10th month on strike, the workers from Omnova Solutions wanted to ask the CEO just how the company had found enough money to grant the CEO a 90 percent pay increase -- boosting his take-home to $3.5 million a year -- while they were asked to forget about seniority and choke down benefit givebacks that amount to a 15 percent pay cut.
March 21, 2011 -
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a large oil sheen off the Louisiana coast about 20 miles north of the site where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up last April.
March 3, 2011 -
Ten months after the Deepwater Horizon sank into the Gulf of Mexico, the long-term impacts of the oil spill continue to surface in coastal communities, and the developing picture is not a pretty one.
February 25, 2011 -
Ten months after BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are still uncovering evidence of the disaster's long-term repercussions.
