Acosta Testifies and He’s Not Terrible
Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last Thursday at a hearing before the full House Education and Workforce Committee, and…
Murray, DeLauro Call on USDA to Reject Chicken Council’s Petition to Increase Line Speeds
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),…
Arkema Update: Chemical Plants and Climate Change
More information is coming out about the chemical releases at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby Texas following last summer’s…
CSB Withdraws Deepwater Horizon Worker Participation Recommendations
In a 3-1 vote, the Chemical Safety Board voted yesterday to withdraw recommendations calling for the Bureau of Safety and…
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead…
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral The church bell chimed, ’til it…
More on OSHA Nominee Scott Mugno
Reviews continue to pour in about President Trump’s long delayed nomination of Scott Mugno to be the next Assistant Secretary…
The Weekly Toll: The Deaths Just Keep On Happening
Rockford police officer killed after traffic stop ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford police officer was killed in the line of…
Deepwater Horizon: Is the CSB Preparing to Retreat on Worker Participation?
The Chemical Safety Board may be preparing to take a significant step backwards in its advocacy for worker participation in…
Lac-Mégantic Trial Update: Who’s to Blame?
The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people when a train carrying 73 cars of…