Houston, We Have A Fox-Chicken Problem…
While the new headlines are all about Hurricanes, health care, North Korea and tax “reform,” chickens around the country are…
Ronald Reagan’s Workplace Safety Legacy
Yesterday, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta announced that Ronald Reagan would be named to the Labor Hall of Honor. To…
Acosta Names Ronald Reagan to Labor Hall of Honor
While it may go without saying, there’s probably no President in American history more reviled by worker advocates than Ronald…
As Mining Deaths Rise, MSHA Gets Acting Head — With No Mine Safety Experience
MSHA has joined OSHA with a new Deputy Assistant Secretary as the agency’s highest official until an Assistant Secretary is…
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EPA Suffers From Shortage of Common Sense: Attorneys General from 11 states — New York, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,…
VPP: An Important Tool or a Waste of Scarce OSHA Resources?
OSHA will hold a stakeholder meeting on Monday (and another in the Fall) to discuss how to improve the agency’s…
House Releases Labor Budget Bill — And It’s Even Worse than Trump’s
You thought Trump’s budget proposal was bad for OSHA? Well, our Republican friends in the House of Representatives have issued…
Killing the Harwood Program Means Killing Workers
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services will vote Thursday on OSHA’s FY 2018 budget. Most of…
Enforcement Update: OSHA Still Embarrassed About Enforcing the Law
Press Release Drought Continues When Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last month before the US Senate, he committed to…