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Chemical Standards Congressional Review Act Deconstructing the Administrative State Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Why Workers Wait So Long For OSHA Standards (And How Trump Is Making It Worse)

June 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Attached here is an article I wrote for Law 360 about OSHA’s painfully slow process for issuing standards that protect…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Lots of Tragedy This Week

June 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

3 Amarillo men die when detached trailer crashes into road workers Amarillo, TX — Three Amarillo men died and two…

Chemical Standards Environmental Protection Agency Regulations and Standards

Industry calls EPA Proposal to Ban Bathtub Stripper a “Blatant and raw power grab”

June 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

Seventeen workers dying between 2000 and 2015 isn’t enough to convince the methylene chloride industry that more is needed than…

Chemical Standards Environmental Protection Agency OSHA

Dead in a Bathtub at 21

June 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

On April 28, while thousands of Americans were commemorating Workers Memorial Day, 21 year old Kevin Hartley was hard at…

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FLASH: Trump to visit Department of Labor

June 9, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just got word that President Trump (yes, that President Trump) will be visiting the Department of Labor Next Wednesday, where…

Alex Acosta Budget Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Acosta’s Harwood Grant Distortions

June 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

We will be discussing the President’s proposed FY18 Budget Proposal and its effect on worker safety many times over the…

Alex Acosta Budget

Acosta Accosted

June 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

By Scott Schneider Thanks to Scott Schneider for filling us in on Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta’s hearing this morning…

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Secretary Acosta Testifies Before House Approps Committee Tomorrow

June 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

Secretary of Labor Acosta testifies tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10:00 AM about the President’s FY 2018 DOL budget proposal. I won’t…

Automobile Industry Immigrants OSHA Recordkeeping Short Stuff

Some Bad New (about NY Dairy Workers), But Also Good News: Read All About It in Short Stuff

June 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

Milking the Workers? Farm worker advocates have published a survey of mostly undocumented Hispanic workers that describes discrimination and workplace…

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Trump Administration Continues to Attack Worker Protections

June 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

The New York Times takes another look at Obama administration worker protections that are being “revisited” in the early months…

Month: June 2017