Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Bemoaning Weak Response in Year since West, Texas Tragedy

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2014.  Arguably the only thing more tragic than the West, Texas explosion that killed fifteen and injured hundreds one year ago today is that so little has been done to prevent another such man-made disaster.

In a well working democracy, this disaster would have been the subject of debate in which well-intentioned people of different ideologies came together to forge solutions to forestall the next threat. Instead, as noted by the Houston…