Labor Department Delays MSHA Rule Requiring Mines to be Safe Before Miners Start Work
The war against the war against mining continues as the Trump Labor Department attempts to save the mining industry from…
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The war against the war against mining continues as the Trump Labor Department attempts to save the mining industry from…
Last week, following the devastating Bloomberg Business Week article detailing the human carnage in Southern auto parts facilities, I reported…
An average of 13 workers die every day on the job. Every day news articles are written, investigations are conducted,…
In the wake of yesterday’s devastating article in Bloomberg Business Week about the carnage in foreign-owned auto parts facilities in…
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs.…
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…
The Senate just voted to repeal OSHA’s Volks rule making it impossible for OSHA to enforce its recordkeeping standard. Workers…
By Peter Fox, Counselor to the Solicitor, US Department of Labor, 2016-2017. Before voting as early as this week on…
OSHA has stopped issuing press releases for large enforcement cases. In fact, the last enforcement press release was issued January…
You should definitely read every one of the articles below about why repealing the Volks rule is bad for workers,…