October 23

Explosion and fire at Phillips Petroleum refinery in Pasadena, Texas, kills

23 and injures 314 - 1989

Postal workers Joseph Cursseen and Thomas Morris die after inhaling anthrax

at the Brentwood mail sorting center in Washington, D.C. Other postal

workers are made ill. Letters containing the deadly spores had been

addressed to U.S. Senate offices and media outlets – 2001

_([31]Tools of the Trade: A Health and Safety Handbook for Action is a

valuable resource for those who want to promote worker health and safety

while building their unions and community groups at the same time.

more info & ammo for unionists is available

online from Union Communication Services.

http://www.unionist.com/