As one of my former co-workers at OSHA said: “You know you work at the Department of Labor when it’s Halloween and two parents come down the hall dressed as miners carrying a baby dressed as a canary!”
By Jordan Barab
Jordan Barab was OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009-2017. He ran AFSCME's health & safety program from 1982-98. He also worked at the House Education and & Labor Committee (2007-2009, 2019-2021) and the Chemical Safety Board.
That’s an adorable baby ! Unfortunately, the baby canary is probably warning DOL employees that the agency has abandoned its role of protecting workplace health & safety…