Senate Budget Offers Worker Safety a Stay of Execution
The Senate Appropriations Committee has sent a strong response to Trump’s efforts to undermine worker safety: Go To Hell. The…
NIOSH Budget: The Horror Show
I promised to analyze President Trump’s proposed FY 2026 budget for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).…
DeRemer and Keeling: Dueling Labor Hearings
I had the pleasure yesterday of watching two hearings at the same time (so you wouldn’t have to): The confirmation…
Trump Budget to Workers: Drop Dead
In Washington DC, the classical way to attempt to hide bad news is to announce it late Friday afternoon. And…
Abolish OSHA? Again?
Labor activists are alarmed, workers are afraid and the internet is abuzz after Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has (yet again)…
Bad Week for Worker Safety: Chevron Deference and Budgets
Not a good week. And I’m not even talking about last night’s debate. What’s been happening that you really don’t…
OSHA Has a Flat (Budget)! Almost
We’re almost halfway through Fiscal Year 2024 we’re finally seeing what OSHA and the rest of the Department of Labor’s…
FY 2025 President’s Budget Proposal: Yawn
President Biden has released his Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal. On one hand, his proposal for OSHA and MSHA are…
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Year in Review
The 2023 Confined Space Year In Review
Happy New Year. It’s time to look back on the events of 2023 before they’re permanently buried beneath the tragic…
Budget Update: House Postpones Workers’ Death Sentences
As Congress flees town for Thanksgiving, American workers earn a temporary reprieve from Republican attempts to defund the (workplace) police.…