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AFL-CIO Alex Acosta Deconstructing the Administrative State Office of Management and Budget Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Making OSHA More Effective: President Trump and Secretary Acosta Need Your Help!

May 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

President Trump and Labor Secretary Acosta need you to do something for your country. On March 13, President Trump signed…

AFL-CIO Bureau of Labor Statistics Workers Memorial Day

Death on the Job: Workers Memorial Day Update

April 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

Workers Memorial Day is Friday. Events are being organized all over the world, and the AFL-CIO has just issued its…

AFL-CIO Alex Acosta Ergonomics Short Stuff Workers Memorial Day

Short Stuff: News You Might Want To Know

April 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

♦ From Mitch to Donald, with Love: Looks like we may have a Secretary of Labor by Thursday. Senate Leader…

AFL-CIO OSHA Workers Memorial Day

Workers Memorial Day, April 28

April 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Workers Memorial Day — when people from around the world come together to remember those who have been killed, injured…

AFL-CIO Construction David Michaels Regulations and Standards Silica

OSHA Delays Enforcement of Silica Standard

April 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA announced this afternoon that it was delaying enforcement of its silica standard in the construction industry for 90 days.…

AFL-CIO Congress Congressional Review Act David Michaels Recordkeeping Senate Trump Volks Rule

Hurting Workers, Hurting Good Employers: More articles on attempts to repeal OSHA’s Volks Rule

March 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

You should definitely read every one of the articles below about why repealing the Volks rule is bad for workers,…

AFL-CIO Fatalities Health Care Workers Public Employees Workplace Violence

Killing of EMT reminds us of the dangers of public employees and the “helping” professions

March 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

Tragic story about the killing of Yadira Arroyo, a 44 year-old emergency medical technician with the New York Fire Department…

AFL-CIO David Michaels Regulations and Standards Workplace Violence

Bludgeoning our Caregivers: Workplace Violence in Healthcare

March 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

No one should go to work expecting to get hurt. And certainly no one should go to work expecting to…